Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 5, 1898

Mr. Sherman to Mr. Jones.

Department of State,
Washington, February 24, 1898.

No. 318.]

Sir: The Department has received from the chargé d’affaires ad interim of the Argentine Republic at this capital a note conveying the condolence of the Argentine Republic in view of the recent disaster to the U. S. S. Maine.

You are instructed to inform the foreign office that the Government of the United States gratefully appreciates the message of sympathy transmitted by the Argentine Republic.

Respectfully, yours,

John Sherman.

Note.—Similar instructions were sent to the diplomatic representatives of the United States accredited to the following countries: Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, France, Great Britain, Guatemala, Haiti, Hawaii, Italy, Korea, Mexico, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Peru, Portugal, Russia, Spain, and Venezuela.