Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President, Transmitted to Congress December 2, 1895, Part II

Mr. Olney to Mr. Terrell.

Department of State,
Washington, January 21, 1896.

No. 810.]

Sir: I have to acknowledge the receipt of your No. 758, of the 6th instant, inclosing copy of a dispatch from the British consul at Erzeroum to the British ambassador at Constantinople, relating to the position of American missionaries at Bitlis.

The considerate kindness of the British ambassador and of Mr. Oumberbatch in furnishing information of this character is highly-appreciated.

I am, etc.,

Richard Olney.