Mr. Adee to Sir Julian Pauncefote.
Washington , September 23, 1898 .
Excellency: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your excellency’s note of the 19th instant, inclosing a translation of a petition addressed to the British consul at Barcelona, as representing the United States interests, by certain Cubans imprisoned in the Castle of San Fernando, Figueiras.
This petition, by its nature and contents, appeals strongly to the sympathetic and benevolent consideration of this Government, which is disposed to take whatever measures may seem prudent and feasible to secure to Cubans imprisoned for purely political offenses all possible amelioration in their unhappy condition, and to obtain for them, if possible, the relief prayed for in said petition. With a view to the accomplishment of this end, a copy of your note and of said petition will be promptly forwarded to the commission which is charged by this Government with the negotiations for a treaty of peace between the United States and Spain, for its consideration and for such action as may seem meet and proper.
I have, etc.,
Acting Secretary.