No. 233.
Mr. Motley to Mr. Fish.
[By cable.]
Legation of the United
States, London,
November 2, 1870. (Received at 4.10 p. m.,
November 2.)
On communicating verbally this morning the substance of your telegram to Bancroft, Granville requested me to inform you that what you proposed had already been done. Commander of the Prussian naval forces in China had proposed to the French commander their coöperative action to protect European life and property. English government had already signified its cordial applause of the step to both belligerents, and Granville hopes that you may be inclined to the same course without preliminary formalities.
MOTLEY, London.