sions
that
by insurgents from the Philippines, I have the honour to inform you immediately upon ceipt of your telegram of the 3rd September strict
the re
search was instituted without discovering any trace of the vessels men- by the Spanish Am
tioned by
bassador.
The spirit of the Foreign Enlistment Act has been realously carried
out
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out by my Government and inquiries have always been promptly instituted to as. certain the truth of the statements made by the
Spanish Consul which have for the most part had but little foundation in
in fact I would inform
3.
you
that during the Spa-
nish - American War there
have been present in Hong- Kong certain members of a Spanish Naval Commission
who