Mr. Sickles to Mr. Hay.
[Telegram.—Paraphrase.]
Legation of the United States,
Madrid, June 30, 1901.
Madrid, June 30, 1901.
(Mr. Sickles reports that the consul-general at Barcelona considers it important to know immediately if the Department means by “Cubans and Porto Ricans” resident inhabitants only, or if it means also persons born in those islands, but resident since for some years in Spain.)