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. Springer to Mr. Rockhill.

[Telegram.]

Habana, November 30, 1896.

Superior court Matanzas, session 24th instant, to decide competency between civil and military jurisdiction for the cognizance of the case reported in my dispatch No. 205, has decided in favor of military jurisdiction.

Springer.