Lord Pauncefote to Mr. Hay.
Washington, April 18, 1900.
Sir: With reference to your personal note of March 16, and your note, No. 1753, of April 6, I have the honor, by direction of Her Majesty’s principal secretary of state for foreign affairs, to convey to your Government the thanks of Her Majesty’s Government for the success which has attended the efforts of the United States consul on behalf of the British prisoners of war at Pretoria.
As regards the treatment of Boer prisoners by British authorities, I am to inform you that telegrams, books, clothing, and luxuries are freely transmitted to them after inspection; that small amounts of money are given to them direct, while larger amounts are handed to the commandant to issue in small sums, and that clothing is issued at the public expense to prisoners who are in great need of it.
I have, etc.,