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No 300

Legation of the United States,
Constantinople, Sept ¹¹ 9th,1894,

To the Honorable Walter L Gresham
Secretary of State,
Washington DC,

Sir,
I have the honor to inform you that
I have received from the Grand Vizier through
his secretary, a verbal message, notifying
me of the arrest of native teachers in the
American Schools at Aintab and Marash,
as suspected of being seditious. The verbal message
trespass having been reduced to writing, a
copy is enclosed.

I therefore telegraphed you on the
8th inst, after an interview with the