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

Mr. Hay to Mr. White.

Department of State,
Washington, October 4, 1898.

No. 887.]

Sir: Referring to previous correspondence relative to the services rendered by the late Mr. Rawson-Walker, Her Majesty’s consul at Manila, to Rear-Admiral Dewey, I have to acknowledge the receipt of your dispatch No. 524 of the 19th ultimo. * * *

I regret to say that the copy of your note to Lord Salisbury on the subject, which seems necessary to a full understanding of the situation, did not accompany your dispatch.

I am, etc.,

John Hay.