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 Mr. Loomis.

Department of State,
Washington, November 20, 1899.

No. 304.]

Sir: I have to acknowledge the receipt of your unnumbered dispatch of the 8th instant, explaining that your request for authority to recognize the Castro government was not intended to imply that you urged immediate recognition, but that you desired discretionary authority to do so.

In reply, I have to say that the Department’s cabled reply of November 8 was meant to cover the point of discretion.

I am, etc.,

John Hay.