Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 5, 1898

Señor du Bosc to Mr. Sherman.

Legation of Spain at Washington,
February 17, 1898.

Confidential.]

Dear Mr. Day: Through the minister of foreign affairs in Madrid I have been instructed by Her Majesty the Queen Regent of Spain, my august sovereign, to convey to the President of the United States of America her expression of grief at the misfortune which has befallen the American Navy in Spanish waters. Deferring entirely to your judgment in the matter, I would suggest that it would be fit and proper that I should obey Her Majesty’s instructions in person, and not simply in an official communication. If you agree with me upon this point, I beg you to ask the President to grant me an audience for that express purpose. Shall be glad to hear your views on the matter.

Believe me, etc.,

Juan du Bosc.