Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 7, 1896, and the Annual Report of the Secretary of State

Mr. Olney to Mr. McDonald.

Department of State,
Washington, February 19, 1896.

No. 136.]

Sir: I have to acknowledge the receipt of your No. 220, diplomatic series, of the 8th ultimo, in regard to threatened trouble on the Turkish frontier, and to commend your reported efforts for the protection of American missionaries in that locality.

I am, etc.,

Richard Olney.