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. Tillman to Mr. Olney.

[Appendix to No. 73.]

April 21, 1896.

Sir: I have the honor to append to my No. 73, which has just been closed, a copy and translation of a note just received from the the minister of foreign affairs accepting Mr. St. John as arbitrator in the Santos case. I expect now an early settlement and an award by the arbitrator, as I have insisted all the time was the proper way to adjust the affair. I will cable you to morrow.

Yours, etc.,

James D. Tillman.