Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress with the Annual Message of the President, December 5, 1870

No. 46.

Mr. E. B. Washburne to Mr. Fish.

[By cable.]

Paris, July 21, 1870—10.50 a. m.

Fish, Washington:

Government refuses to exempt North German steamers from capture, except those now at sea, ignorant of war, which may enter French port.

E. B. WASHBURNE.