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

Mr. Sherman to Mr. Hengelmüller.

Department of State,
Washington, April 17, 1897.

No. 159.]

Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 13th instant, in which you allege that the duties imposed by the tariff bill now pending before the Senate of the United States violate the most favored nation right granted to Austria-Hungary by the treaty of 1829, and will heavily damage the exports from your country to the United States.

In reply I beg to inform you that copies of your note have been sent to the appropriate committees of Congress for their information and consideration.

Accept, etc.,

John Sherman.