Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 7, 1896, and the Annual Report of the Secretary of State

Mr. Olney to Mr. Terrell.

Department of State,
Washington, October 23, 1896.

No. 1160.]

Sir: I have to acknowledge the receipt of your No. 1014 of the 9th instant, inclosing an extract from a dispatch from Consul Jewett, at Sivas, to Consul-General Short, in which he says the continuance of guards for Americans in the interior of Turkey is necessary.

The Department agrees with you in the necessity for protecting our citizens in Turkey, and demands for adequate guards for Americans and their property should not be relaxed.

I am, etc.,

Richard Olney.