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. Olney to Mavroyeni Bey.

Department of State,
Washington, July 14, 1896.

No. 95.]

Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 11th instant, embodying the reply of Tevfik Pasha to mine of May 29 last, regarding the destruction of American property at Harpoot and the conduct of the Turkish authorities in connection therewith.

I have sent a copy of your note to Minister Terrell at Constantinople with an appropriate instruction.

Accept, etc.,

Richard Olney.