Mr. Foster to Mr. Herbert.
Washington, October 4, 1892.
Sir: I have had the honor to receive to-day your note of the 2d instant, supplementing your previous note of the 29th ultimo by communicating, at the request of his excellency the Governor-General of Canada, copy of an approved minute of council on the subject of the alleged action of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company in transporting Chinese persons into the United States.
I am pleased to observe that the appended communication from the vice-president of the Canadian Pacific Railway fully bear out my understanding, as expressed in my note of the 3d instant, of the good disposition of the company and their desire and purpose to respect the laws of the United States by taking precautions to prevent the unlawful introduction of Chinese persons into the United States.
I have, etc.,