Mr. Hay to Mr. Storer.

No. 123.]

Sir: I have to acknowledge the receipt of your dispatch No. 186, of the 29th ultimo, concerning the complaint of Mrs. Maria Horniak in regard to the seizure of her prepaid ticket and her treatment by Hungarian [Page 92] officials and reporting your interview with the under secretary of state on the subject of Hungarian emigration.

The Department is pleased to note the disposition of the Austro-Hungarian foreign office to promptly investigate the complaints made by American citizens and to see that justice is done in each case.

I am, etc.,

John Hay.