Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress, With the Annual Message of the President, December 6, 1886

No. 425.
Mr. Bayard to Mr. Muruaga.

Department of State,
Washington, May 28, 1886.

Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 4th instant, in which you convey the assurance of Her Majesty’s Government, so gratifying to the President, that the American citizens will receive the same favorable treatment in the Caroline and Pelew Islands which is accorded to Germans or other foreigners.

The President desires that you will kindly make known to Her Majesty and Her Majesty’s Government the full appreciation which he entertains of this very courteous additional act of comity on the part of Spain toward the United States, and his sincere hope that the good will of the two countries will always continue.

Accept, &c.,

T. F. BAYARD.