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

[Telegram.]

Mr. Williams to Mr. Olney.

Habana, May 13, 1896.

In reply to my yesterday’s communication, asking for the application of the treaty and protocol to the trial, two Americans, Competitor crew, and suspension of execution in case of death sentence until I could inform you, Captain-General advises me officially that American citizens are tried according to the treaty between Spain and the United States, and further that no death sentence will be executed without approval of His Majesty’s Government.