File No. 2151/60.

The Acting Secretary of State to Minister Gummeré.

[Telegram.—Paraphrase.]

Informs him that Ambassador Reid has telegraphed the department that he has been informed by the foreign office that the British consuls have been instructed to protect American citizens and interests in Morocco at places named. Adds that Mr. Reid states that there is no representative at Fez, all foreigners having left for Tangier.