Mr. Lee to Mr.
Rockhill.
United
States Consulate-General,
Habana, October 17,
1896.
Sir: With further reference to my dispatch No.
160, of the 3d instant, and instruction No. 119, of 8th instant,
relative to the case of Charles Govin, I have the honor to transmit copy
translation of a communication from the Governor-General, in which he
states the name of the officer who reported Govin’s death to have been
Brig. Gen. Eduardo Lopez Ochoa, and the place where said official report
was written was Jaruco.
I have, etc.,
[Inclosure in No.
184.—Translation.]
Captain-General of
Cuba to Mr. Lee.
Army of the Island of Cuba,
Captaincy-General,
Office of the General
Staff,
Habana, October 16,
1896.
In answer to your communication of the 2d instant, I have to inform
you that the report relative to the death of the citizen of the
United [Page 710] States, Mr. Charles
Govin, which in due season was communicated to you, is dated at
Jaruco, and signed by the general of Brigade D, Eduardo Lopez
Ochoa.
As the report referred to is official, to which I give full credit, I
regret that the Government of your nation does not consider it
satisfactory, undoubtedly because it takes into consideration
private reports which, deprived of an official character, and
perhaps furnished indirectly by enemies of Spain, I understand,
should not be taken into consideration by a friendly nation.
God guard you many years.
