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

Sir Julian Pauncefote to Mr. Day.

British Embassy,
New London, Conn., July 25, 1898.

Sir: Upon receipt of your note No. 1054, of the 15th ultimo, I fully notified Her Majesty’s principal secretary of state for foreign affairs that the Congress of the United States had made the necessary appropriation to enable the United States Government to discharge its obligations under the treaty of February 8, 1898, and the award of the commission organized in accordance therewith.

I have now received a dispatch from the Marquis of Salisbury, desiring me to express to you the satisfaction felt by the Government of Her Majesty at the final settlement of these claims.

I have, etc.,

Julian Pauncefote.