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

Mr. Hay to Mr. Day.

American Embassy,
London, August 9, 1898.

No. 491.]

Sir: With reference to my despatch No. 466 of 22d ultimo, and to previous correspondence relative to a Spanish privateer alleged to be in Canadian waters near Queen Charlotte Sound, I have the honor to inclose herewith the copy of a note which I have received from the foreign office stating that H. M. S. Icarus has made a thorough search of those waters, but has seen and heard nothing of the vessel in question.

I have, etc.,

John Hay.

[Inclosure.]

Foreign Office, August 8, 1898.

My Dear Ambassador: With reference to your letter to Mr. Villiers of July 9, respecting the reported presence of a Spanish privateer near Queen Charlotte Sound, Lord Salisbury desires me to say that a telegram has been received from Lord Aberdeen reporting that H. M. S. Icarus has made a thorough search of the territorial waters of Canada on that coast but has seen and heard nothing of the vessel in question.

Believe me, yours, very sincerely,

T. H. Sanderson.