Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress with the Annual Message of the President, December 4, 1871

No. 348.

General Sickles to Mr. Fish

No. 236.]

Legation of the United States, Madrid, December 27, 1870. (Received January 28, 1871.)

Sir: The following is the text of a telegram, sent partly in cipher, from this legation yesterday:

Hamilton Fish, [Recommandée.

Secretary of State, Washington:

May I propose, as a modification of Spanish bases, that arbitrators shall bear all claims hot before adjudged by a competent tribunal conformably to seventh article of treaty of ninety-five? Duplicate answer by French cable.

SICKLES.

Madrid, December 26.

I am, &c.,

D. E. SICKLES.