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. Armstrong to Mr. Olney.

Legation of the United States,
Madrid , June 2, 1896 . (Received June 15.)

No. 527.]

Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your No. 506, of the 13th ultimo, to Minister Taylor, relative to the detention of George Calvar and Peter Duarte, citizens of the United States, by the Spanish military authorities in Cuba in violation of the treaty of 1795 and the protocol of January 12, 1877, and to inform you that the case has been duly presented to the Spanish Government.

I am, etc.,

H. Clay Armstrong, Jr.,
Chargé d’Affaires ad interim.