Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress, With the Annual Message of the President, December 9, 1891

Mr. Wharton to Mr. Egan.

Department of State,
Washington, October 9, 1891.

No. 136.]

Sir: I have received your No. 191, of August 8 last, reporting the arrest and placing in irons at Concepcion of Mr. Herbert C. Stevenson, an American citizen; your intervention in the case, and your receipt of an apology from the Government, as well as an indemnity of 2,000 pesos for Mr. Stevenson.

Your action in the case is cordially approved.

I am, etc.,

William F. Wharton,
Acting Secretary.