Mr. Olney to Mr. Romero.
Washington , February 15, 1897 .
Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 12th instant in regard to the acceptance by Don Vicente G. Quesada, Argentine minister at Madrid, as arbitrator in the matter of the claim of Charles Oberlander and Barbara M. Messenger, as soon as the permission of his Government, which has been requested, has been granted.
Referring to the concluding preamble of your note, I take pleasure in saying that two copies of the protocol in English submitting the claim to arbitration have been prepared for our signature as soon as intelligence shall be received that Señor Quesada has been authorized by his Government to accept the trust.
Accept, etc.,