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 Mr. Terrell.

Department of State,
Washington, November 13, 1896.

No. 1187.]

Sir: On the 7th instant Moustapha Bey handed to me a translation of a telegraphed memorandum which he had received from the Ottoman foreign office in regard to, first, the inspection of foreign vessels in Turkish ports and the prevention of the landing of persons alleged to be disaffected toward the Ottoman Government, to which end the cooperation of the United States representatives is suggested; and secondly, the prevention of revolutionary publications in the United States and the expulsion of Armenian agitators.

For your information I inclose a copy both of the memorandum as translated and my reply.

I am, etc.,

Richard Olney.