Reynolds to To His Excellency the Honorable, March 28, 1875

No. 53. Mr. Reynolds to Mr. Fish.

Sir: Referring to my dispatch No. 40, in the matter of Mr. Daniel Poso, I have the honor to transmit copy of official note to the honorable minister for foreign affairs, and copy of his reply, with translation.

It will be observed that the minister, in an interview with me, authorized me to assure Mr. Poso that the government would not molest him in any way whatever should he leave this legation to attend to his ordinary business in the city, yet within a few days thereafter his house was entered and searched, and, although the searching party did not make known the object of the entry into his house, some of the party demanded of the servants where Mr. Poso was.

Mr. Poso fully believed that his house was searched to find and arrest him, and, in order to ascertain the facts, I dispatched the note of inquiry to the honorable minister. I was glad indeed to receive the satisfactory reply of the minister in the spirit in which it was written, otherwise I should have been compelled to believe the government of Bolivia had acted treacherously with this legation.

Asking for the approval of my Government in the premises,

I am, &c.,