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. Terrell to Mr. Olney.

Legation of the United States,
Constantinople, October 9, 1896. (Received Oct., 23.)

No. 1014.]

Sir: I have the honor to inclose an extract from a dispatch from Consul Jewett at Sivas to Consul-General Short (No. 192), and dated the 27th ultimo, in which he says the continuance of guards for Americans is necessary.

I have, etc.,

A. W. Terrell.

[Inclosure in No. 1014—Extract.]

Mr. Jewett to Mr. Short.

Sivas, September 27, 1896.

I think the guarding of Americans and their property is highly necessary and should not be discontinued until the country is tranquilized by some radical change.

M. A. Jewett.