In reply to the latter resolution President Arthur submitted, under date of May 22, 1882, all the diplomatic papers on the subject which were printed as _Executive Document_ No.192.

These papers were reprinted on October 1, 1890, as part of _Executive Document_ No.

470, under President Harrison] The pogroms of 1881, and the indignation they aroused among the American people induced the United States Government to adopt a more energetic form of protest.

In his dispatch to the United States Minister at St.
Petersburg, dated April 15, 1882, the new Secretary of State, Frederic T.Frelinghuysen, takes account of the prevailing sentiment in the country in these words: "The prejudice of race and creed having in our day given way to the claims of our common humanity, the people of the United States have heard with great regret the stories of the sufferings of the Jews in Russia." He therefore notifies the Minister "that the feeling of friendship which the United States entertains for Russia prompts this Government to express the hope that the Imperial Government will find means to cause the persecution of these unfortunate beings to cease." [1] [Footnote 1: _Executive Document_ No.

470, p.