Mr. Taylor to Mr.
Sherman.
Legation of the United States,
Madrid, March
10, 1891. (Received Mar. 23.)
No. 662.]
Sir: In further reply to Department’s, No. 647,
relative to the threatened destruction by Cuban insurgents of the
railway property owned by the Ponupo Mining and Transportation Company,
I have the honor to inclose herewith a copy, with translation, of a note
from the Spanish minister of state informing me that the minister of war
will issue orders for the protection of said company’s property.
I am, etc.,
[Inclosure in No.
662.—Translation.]
The Duke of Tetuan to
Mr. Taylor
Ministry of
State,
Palace, March 5,
1897.
Excellency: In due time I had the honor to
receive your kind note of the 18th ultimo informing me of the demand
for protection addressed to the Government of the United States by
the Ponupo Mining and Transportation Company of the Island of Cuba
on account of the threats made in writing by the rebel chief, A.
Cebero, against the railway line between Sabanilla and Maroto.
I have communicated said request to my colleague, the minister of
war, who will promptly issue the necessary orders for the due
protection of the line in question from any harm from the part of
the insurgents, and I have no doubt that the measures to be taken by
our military authorities, cooperating with those which the
Government of your excellency will surely take against the agents of
the rebel chief in the United States, we will succeed in frustrating
any hostile intention which may have been conceived by said chief
for the purpose of obtaining a forcible subsidy from the worthy
American company.
I avail myself, etc,
The Duke of Tetuan.
