Mr. Storer to Mr.
Hay.
Legation of the United States,
Madrid, December 5,
1899.
No. 135.]
Sir: I have the honor to inclose a copy of a
letter just received from the ministry of state, on the subject of the
payment of the interest of the public debt of Spain, under the treaty of
1834, and an accurate translantion.
I have, etc.,
[Inclosure.—Translation.]
Mr. Dupuy de
Lome to Mr. Storer.
Ministry of
State,
Palace, December 1,
1899.
Excellency: In addition to what I have had
the honor to verbally express to your excellency in reply to your
courteous note of November 22 last, I have the pleasure to inform
you that on this date I have transmitted to the minister
plenipotentiary of His Majesty at Washington, a check against the
Riggs National Bank for the amount of $28,500, in order that the
payment of the annuity of 1898, of the sum agreed upon in the treaty
of 1834, be made through the Department of State in the usual
manner. Besides, the Bank of Spain has instructed its London
correspondent, Messrs. Frederick Huth & Co., to place at the
disposal of the Spanish minister at Washington the sum of $28,500
for the payment of the annuity corresponding to the year 1899.
In thus paying the two annuities, which on account of the last war
had been suspended, the punctiliousness with which the Government of
His Majesty attends to its international obligations will be clearly
shown.
I avail, etc.,
E. Dupuy de Lome,
Assistant Secretary of
State.
