Letter

Washburne to Hamilton Fish, May 16, 1874

Author

Washburne

Recipient

Hamilton Fish

Date

May 16, 1874

Type

Letter

Language

English

No. 231. Mr. Washburne to Mr. Fish.

Legation of the United States, Paris, May 16, 1874. (Received June 4.)

No. 968.]

Sir: Referring to my dispatches Nos. 948, of April 3, and 956, of April 22, I have the honor to forward to you herewith a letter I have received from the president of the society for the amelioration of the condition of prisoners of war, from which it appears that the Russian government has taken this matter up with some interest, and that a convention will be held at Brussels under its auspices on the 27th July, 1874. The proposed convention of May 18th, to be held in Paris, will consequently not take place.

You will doubtless observe that the invitation to this congress, issued by Russia, is addressed to the different European cabinets; and that if the inclosed is the only invitation addressed to the United States, it comes in a very indirect manner.

I have, &c.,

E. B. WASHBURNE.

Topics

19th Century Diplomacy Reconstruction

Sources

FRUS u2014 Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress, With the Annual Message of the P View original source ↗

U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian. Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress, With the Annual Message of the P.