Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 5, 1899

Mr. Hay to the Duke de Arcos.

Department of State,
Washington, July 28, 1899.

My Dear Mr. Minister: A dispatch just received from General Otis informs us that the Spanish agents in Manila have been given full liberty to negotiate with the insurgents for the exchange of prisoners.

I am, etc.,

John Hay.