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. Rockhill to Mr. Springer.

Washington, November 19, 1896.

No. 165.]

Sir: I inclose for your information and such action as the exigency of the case demands, a copy of a letter from Mrs. Emmie Laborde, transmitting a communication from Alfred Laborde, master of the Competitor, relative to a new trial of the men of the Competitor.

I am, etc.,

W. W. Rockhill.