er with the accompanying
documents.

GROVER CLEVELAND.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, _April 18, 1888_.

_To the Senate of the United States_:

In answer to the resolution of the Senate of the 5th of March last,
calling upon the Secretary of State for copies of the correspondence
relating to the claim of William H. Frear against the Government of
France for money due him for provisions furnished in March, 1871, for
revictualing Paris, I transmit a report from that officer, together with
the correspondence called for by the resolution.

GROVER CLEVELAND.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, _Washington, April 23, 1888_.

_To the Senate_:

I transmit herewith a report from the Secretary of State and
accompanying papers, in response to the resolution of the Senate of the
25th of January last, requesting correspondence and other information in
relation to the claims convention of December 5, 1885, between the
United States and Venezuela.

This resolution was adopted in open session; but in view of the change
of circumstances since its adoption, by the signature on the 15th ultimo
of the convention which I transmitted to the Senate with my message of
the 22d ultimo,[16] and which is now under consideration there in
executive session, I transmit the accompanying report as a confidential
document also.

GROVER CLEVELAND.

[Footnote 16: See p. 611.]

EXECUTIVE MANSION, _Washington, May 8, 1888_.

_To the Senate of the United States_:

I retransmit herewith a convention for the surrender of criminals
between the United States and the Republic of Guatemala, concluded
October 11, 1870, and ratified by the President of the United States,
as amended by the Senate, on April 11, 1871, calling attention to the
accompanying report of the Secretary of State as explanatory of my
action.

GROVER CLEVELAND.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, _May 8, 1888_.

_To the Senate of the United States_:

In answer to the resolution of the Senate of April 12, directing
the Secretary of State to transmit to the Senate a copy of the
correspondence in his Department in regard to the case of John Fruchier,
an American citizen who has been impressed into the military service of
France, I transmit herewith a report in relation thereto from the
Secretary of State, together with the accompanying papers, not
considering their communication to be incompatible with the public
interests.

GROVER CLEVELAND.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, _Washington, May 14, 1888_.