Sir Julian Pauncefote to Mr. Sherman.
Washington, December 27, 1897.
Sir: As I had the honor to inform you in my note of the 21st instant, I communicated the contents of your note No. 859 by telegraph to the Governor-General of Canada, and I am now in receipt of his excellency’s reply, to the following effect:
The Dominion government have decided to permit the entry to the Yukon district, free of duty, of convoys of provisions for gratuitous distribution to distressed persons.
Also that convoys may be accompanied by such reasonable escort as the United States Government may desire to provide for them, and each convoy shall be likewise accompanied by a Canadian officer, the expenses of such Canadian officers being borne by the Dominion government.
I have, etc.,