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

Mr. Sherman to Mr. Dunn.

Department of State,
Washington, June 5, 1897.

No. 418.]

Sir: Referring to my No. 415, of the 2d instant, in regard to the bill passed by the Japanese Diet granting a bounty to native subjects or companies directly exporting Japanese raw silk, I inclose for your information a copy of a further letter from Messrs. Middleton & Smith, of New York City, stating that the bill received the imperial assent on the 22d of April, and inclosing a translation of the law.

Respectfully, yours,

John Sherman.