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

Mavroyeni Bey to Mr. Olney.

[Translation.]

Turkish Legation,
Washington, September 13, 1895.

Mr. Secretary of State: I have the honor to confirm my note of August 18, 1895, relative to the Tarsus incident, and to send inclosed a translation of a telegram addressed by the governor-general of the vilayet of Adana to the Sublime Porte, on the 14th of August last, informing it that the United States consul had written his excellency a letter thanking him for the satisfactory settlement of the Tarsus incident, and that Mr. Christie, accompanied by the dragoman of the consulate, had gone to express, on his own part, his thanks for the efforts made to that end by the Imperial authorities.

Accept, etc.,

Mavroyeni.

[Inclosure.—Translation of telegram.]

Vali of Adana to Sublime Forte.

August 14, 1895.

The moutessarif of Mersine informs me that the American consulate has addressed a letter expressing its thanks for the satisfactory settlement of the Christie affair. Mr. Christie, accompanied by the dragoman, called upon the Imperial authorities to express, on his own part, his thanks for the efforts made by them to settle this matter.

Faïk.