Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 5, 1899

Mr. Hay to Baron de Fava.

Department of State,
Washington , December 4, 1899 .

No. 536.]

Excellency: Referring to the conversations which I have had the honor to hold with you, and with especial preference to your excellency’s letter of the 2d of December, I regret to inform you that after mature deliberation and a careful examination of all the circumstances in the case, this Government thinks it not expedient to reconsider the decision already arrived at for the discontinuance of the Italian bureau at the New York immigration station.

With the highest regard, I have, etc.,

John Hay.