Mr. Day to Mr. Taylor.
Washington, June 11, 1897.
Sir: Referring to the Department’s No. 708 of May 28, 1897, I have now to inclose copy of a document, in Spanish, showing that the manufacturers of tobacco and cigars in Havana acknowledge that Messrs. S. Hernsheim Bros. & Co., Limited, of New Orleans, are the owners of 1,200 bales of tobacco, purchased prior to the decree of May 16, 1896.
I add a copy in translation of this document as it has been furnished to the Department.
It is believed that with this information before it, taken in connection with the previous proofs which you have been instructed to present, the Spanish Government will be willing to issue the necessary orders for the release of the tobacco in question. I can not but believe that the reexamination of the case, foreshadowed in your No. 699, of May 21, 1897, has been made at Madrid, and if so, I am equally confident that the release of the tobacco will follow.
I desire that you again present the case to the Spanish Government in the light of this additional evidence if necessary, and urge upon that Government the propriety of immediate and favorable action.
Respectfully, yours,
Acting Secretary.