Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 6, 1897

Mr. Patenôtre to Mr. Sherman.

[Translation.]

French Embassy, Washington , June 5, 1897 .

Mr. Secretary of State: The new note which you have done me the honor to address me to-day, for transmission to the Compagnie Française des Câbles Télégraphiques, reached me this evening. I immediately sent a copy of it, as you requested, to the said company’s representative at New York.

Accept, etc.

Patenôtre.