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

Mr. von Reichenau to Mr. Sherman.

Imperial German Embassy,
Washington , August 24, 1897 .

Mr. ‘Secretary of State: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your polite note of the 13th instant relative to the German bark Elisabeth Ahrens.

I have not failed to bring the matter to the notice of the Imperial Government, and a subsequent communication may be expected from me on this subject.

Accept, etc.,

Reichenau.