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. Bayard to Mr. Olney.

[Telegram.]

Embassy of the United States,
London , January 13, 1896 .

Have just received prompt and most kind assurances from Colonial Secretary Chamberlain that he has instructed Her Majesty’s high commissioner to extend same protection in behalf of John Hays Hammond and any other American citizens involved in charges of rebellion in Transvaal as would be taken in the interest of British subjects under like circumstances.

Bayard.