Mr. McLane to Mr. Bayard. Dec. 19
419 Mr. Rives to Mr. McLane... Jan.
789 Mr. McLane to Mr. Blaine.. May 3
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Claim of Carlos Butterfield: Exchange of notifi-
cations of the convention for its settlement;
formal invitation to arbitrator, Mr. Edmund
Monson, the next step; the manner in which
the invitation should be extended; either by a
joint note or separate identic notes. Draught
of such notes inclosed.
Claim of Carlos Butterfield: Danish representa-
tive at Athens having no diplomatic character ;
Mr. Anderson is authorized to sign joint note
to Mr. Edmund Monson with Danish minister
for foreign affairs or to write a separate note
from Copenhagen; date of the receipt of notice
defined.
Claim of Carlos Butterfield: Suggestion to Dan-
ish foreign office of joint note of invitation to
Mr. Edmund Monson; Denmark's preference
for separate identic notes; correspondence on
the subject inclosed, and also Mr. Anderson's
note of invitation to the arbitrator.
Claim of Carlos Butterfield: Sir Edmund Mon.
son's reply to Mr. Anderson's invitation; copy
inclosed; discussion with Danish minister of
foreign affairs as to the value of a telegram as
a formal acceptance of the invitation from Den-
mark.
Claim of Carlos Butterfield: Mr. Anderson's note
of thanks to Sir Edmund Monson for accepting
the task of arbitrator inclosed; the same on
the part of Denmark sent to Sir Edmund.
Claim of Carlos Butterfield: Transmits his award
in the case; will send duplicate award to the
Danish Government.
Arbitration: Conference of members of British
and French Parliaments, held in Paris, with
purpose of securing peace by means of tribunals
of arbitration; attitude of the United States to-
wards the movement; character of the mem-
bers of the French Chamber interested; copy
of the resolutions of the conference inclosed."
Arbitration: Resolutions of the conference at
Paris sent to the appropriate committees of
Congress.
Arbitration: Copies of circular issued by the con-
ference at Paris inclosed, with request from Mr.
Passy of the French Chamber and his asso-
ciates that the circular be communicated to
those who are in favor of its object; moral sup-
port of the United States Government sought.
June 11 Hog products: Incloses copy of resolutions of the
Chicago Board of Trade relative to the prohibi-
tion by Germany and France of the importa-
tion of American hog products; earnest remon-
strance against the injustice of the prohibition;
importance of present memorial; injurious effect
of France's insistence upon what is regarded
as an unnecessary and unjust discrimination
against the United States; healthfulness of
American pork; magnitude of the question;
no suggestions of retaliation on our part; the
subject should be pressed upon the attention of
the French Government.
June 28 Hog products: The present not an opportune
moment for presenting the question to the
French Government; the prohibition is not per-
sisted in upon sanitary grounds; the govern
ment in favor of removing the prohibition, but
can not now. in view of existing complications,
be expected to press the matter upon the Cham-
bers; all attention engaged by the exhibition,
General Boulanger's trial, and the coming elec
tions; suggests postponement of the subject
until after the election of the new Chamber in
the autumn.
Mr. Reid to Mr. Blaine..... Oct. 19 Hog products: The French Government invited
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to inspect meats of that class in the Universal
Exhibition; call of Mr. Reid and General
Franklin upon Mr. Spuller; note verbale in-
closed; Mr. Spuller favorably inclined, but
there were difficulties in the way; the idea of
protection to French producers; Mr. Spuller
himself a free-trader, but the tendency of the
new Chamber he thought was in the opposite
direction; he will probably favor the free ad-
mission of American pork products.
Nov. 15 Passports: Application for a passport by Mr.
Frank R. Blackinton, a resident of Paris since
1871, but who claims legal residence at North
Adams, Mass.; during his residence abroad he
has frequently returned to the United States,
but does not know when he will return there
to live; at present he has no intention nor
desire to do so; passport refused; many Amer-
icans in Europe in Mr. Blackinton's position;
result of refusing them passports; instructions
requested.
Dec. 2 Passports: Application by Mr. Frank R. Black-
inton; his birth; departure from the United
States; residence abroad; visits to the United
States; payment of taxes at North Adams; his
domicile; his intentions: passports only for cit
izens of the United States; who are citizens;
Mr. Blackinton's status; favorable action on
Mr. Blackinton's application can not be directed.
Mr. Coleman to Mr. Blaine.. Sept. 16 Military service cases: Report on those arising
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between October 11, 1888, and September 16,
1889; inclosed favorable decisions of all but
three; the exceptions; inherent rights of a
State to expel foreigners when self-interest and
public welfare dictate such a course; cause of
the imposition of military fines.
Claim of Albert Bernhard: A paper found in the
archives of the legation at Paris, showing
Bernhard to have joined the "Ligne des Pa-
triotes," sent by Mr. Reid to Mr. Phelps;
copy inclosed.
Samoan Affairs: The German minister's assur-
ance that his Government desires to act in a
spirit of friendliness and comity towards the
United States in relation to Samoan affairs;
German fleet ordered to return to Samoan
waters; allegation of interference in affairs at
Apia by United States vice-consul; the Depart-
ment uninformed as to instructions of the Ger
man fleet; its confidence in the disposition of
the treaty powers to respect the choice of a
king by the Samoan people; an alleged news-
paper interview in the United States with the
United States consul-general at Apia referred
to and that officer's disavowal of the senti-
ments there ascribed to him; departs confi.
dence in his good will toward his colleagues
and towards a settlement of the difficulties in
Samoa; indifference of this Government as to
what chief may be at the head of affairs;
causes of complaint arising among consular
officers at Apia to be taken up by their respect-
ive Governments on occasion.
Samoan affairs: Purport of conversation between
Mr. Bayard and Count Von Arco-Valley com-
municated to United States minister at Berlin,
and to be communicated to United States con-
sul at Apia, with instructions to avert friction
between the citizens of the two Governments;
in case questions arise they are to be referred
to respective Governments for decision; sim-
ilar reports from Samoa received at Berlin and
Washington; indifference of both Governments
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as to who shall be elected king; the hope expressed that Count Arco will recommend to his Government that its officials in Samoa be instructed to co-operate with those of the United States for the peaceable conduct of affairs, and the reference to the home Government of any cause of difference arising there, not possible of arrangement there. Samoan affairs: United States consul general at Apia expected to leave San Francisco for his post about 15th of December, probably reaching Apia about the 1st of January; has German consular representative at Apia been instructed in accordance with the line of Mr. Bayard's note to Count Arco, of November 21st instant?
Samoan affairs: Transmits narrative of events in Samoa by a German long resident there; value of the paper.
Samoan affairs: Response of Sir J. Ferguson, British under secretary of state for foreign affairs, to a question in Parliament by Mr. McArthur as to good faith of the British Government in relation to Samoan affairs; extract from the Voss'sche Zeitung, quoted; extract from the London Times on the subject inclosed; conclusion therefrom.
Samoan affairs: Repeats substance of a telegram from the first lieutenant of the United States ship Nipsic of the landing of an armed force from German vessels and an engagement with Mataafa's forces; result, Germans shelling native villages instructs the minister to represent this to German minister for foreign affairs and report.
Samoan affairs: Communicates the substance of the telegram from the first lieutenant of the Nipsic and recites its communication to the United States minister at Berlin and the instruction thereupon, in relation to the engage. ment between the German armed force and Mataafa's party, and the shelling of the native villages.
Samoan affairs: Mr. Pendleton has been shown telegram from the German foreign office of January 7 to German minister at Washington for submission to Mr. Bayard; telegram states that representations of the United States would not be answered in detail until full report from Samoa is received at Berlin; and that the men landed from one German ship only had been engaged in the fight.
Samoan affairs: The German minister's communication of his Government's statement of the engagement between German forces and Mataafa's party; cause of the landing of the German forces: attacked by Samoans under the leadership of Klein, an American citizen; complication arising therefrom; treaty rights to be respected; Germany asks the United States to join in restoring quiet; reference to former correspondence and conversation; the citizenship of Klein, who had no official relation to the United States Government nor authority from it; character of the instructions given United States officials in Samoa; relief from danger of American citizens there by the President's order; effects of the conference at Washing. ton on Samoan affairs, held in the summer of 1887; free election of their King by the Samoans agreed to by all three Governments; desire that such an election now be held; rearAdmiral Kimberly instructed to go to Apia with his flag-ship, the Trenton; confidence in him and in commanders of the other national vessels there, and that German officers will be instructed to assist in framing a plan of settle ment of difficulties; clearness of the treaties on the subject; the views of this Government unchanged since January, 1888, and those of the German Government understood to be un. altered.
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Samoan affairs: Landing of German naval forces; engagement with the natives, under the leader. ship of Klein, said to be an American; consequence of the conflict; contest to be continued with consideration for English and American interests; assistance of the United States requested; Germany will abide by agreements with the United States and Great Britain; communication to be read to Mr. Bayard and a copy left with him.
Samoan affairs: Duty of the German consul at Apia of settling questions regarding the interests of foreigners in Samoa rendered difficult by the attitude of the officer in charge of American consulate and the commander of the American war vessel, who take part of Mataafa against Tamasese, who is recognized by Germany; evils of Mataafa's rule suggested; his inability to bring guilty parties to justice. Samoan affairs: Neutrality of both the consular and commanding naval officer of the United States at Apia as to native chiefs: enjoined by their Government to abstain from all recognitory action in relation to the de jure powers claimed by either chief; this Government regrets the conflict and its results, but must continue to maintain an attitude of neutrality in the belief that the best interests of all concerned would be served by permitting and assisting the natives to choose freely their own king; the objection to Tamasese comes from the majority of his own countrymen, who claim that he was never legally chosen king; his rule should not, therefore, be insisted upon.
Samoan affairs: Mr. Pendleton instructed to inform German Government that advices from Apia state that German consul had declared Germany to be at war with Mataafa and Samoa to be under martial law; substance of Prince Bismarck's declaration on the subject recited; Germany must instruct German officials in Samoa not to interfere with American citizens there; Germany's declaration of martial law not recognized by the United States. Samoan affairs: Declaration of war and martial law by Germany in Samoa; Mr. Pendleton communicated with on the subject, and instructed to advise the German Government that the United States expects German officials in Samoa to abstain from all interference with American citizens and their property, and that Germany's declaration of martial law can not be recognized by the United States. Samoan affairs: Declaration of martial law by the German consul at Apia contrary to his instructions; his action regretted and the consul rebuked; the German Government will adhere strictly to treaty status; this statement anticipates the representations Mr. Pendleton was instructed to make, and he accordingly withholds them.
Samoan affairs: Proclamation by commander of German squadron at Apia of martial law permissible under rules of international law; but Prince Bismarck, thinking that German military authority had gone too far, telegraphed to commander to withdraw that part of the order relating to foreigners; German consul at Apia, who had asked of Mataafa that the administra tion of the islands of Samoa be handed over to him, instructed to withdraw his demand immediately.
Samoan affairs: Anticipation by the German foreign office of Mr. Pendleton's instructions in relation to proclamation of martial law by the German consul at Apia.
Prince Bismarck to Count von Arco Valley.
Mr. Bayard to Count von
Arco Valley.
Samoan affairs: Necessities of the present situa-
tion in Samoà; duties of the three treaty powers
to put an end to contention and bloodshed in
the islands; resumption of consultation of
1887, of representatives of Germany, England,
and the United States; proposition for such a
consultation at Berlin; Germany's neutrality
in the islands and desire for permanent safety
of commercial interests.
Feb. 5 Samoan affairs: Desire of the President to restore
peace and order to the people of Samoa; ac-
ceptance of Germany's proposal for a conference
at Berlin by the three powers, based upon proto-
cols of conference of 1887 and regarded as a re-
sumption of that conference; its resumption
should be expedited; a truce should be pro-
claimed in Samoa and further armed action pre-
vented; there is no equality in a struggle
between a scanty band of Samoans and the
forces at Germany's command; instructions to
suspend belligerent action suggested; it is
hoped they will not be delayed; the announce-
ment of the conference will doubtless cause a
cessation of hostilities; except as the condi-
tions may be changed in Samoa by the free
election of a king, affairs there should remain
in statu quo pending the conference; with the
hope that these suggestions will be fruitful, the
Government of the United States will take steps
at once to be properly represented at the con-
ference; statements of the German consul in
Samoa finding fault with Captain Leary, of the
Nipsic, and Mr. Blacklock, United States consul
there, must be classed as mere hearsay evidence;
the statements of the German consul will be
brought to the attention of Captain Leary and
Mr. Blacklock and their reply communicated;
allowance should be made for excitement pre-
vailing in Samoa.
Mr. Blaine to Messrs. Kas-- Apr. 11 Samoan affairs: Instructions as commissioners to
the conference at Berlin; the general princi-
ples which will govern the opinions and con-
trol the decisions of the United States Govern-
ments; fuller instructions will be sent from
time to time; character of the substance of
the protocols of the first conference; the United
States Government desires a speedy and amica-
ble solution of all problems involved; it will
maintain its equality of right in disposing of all
questions and protect its own citizens wherever
their lawful enterprise may carry them; the
President hopes for a frank and friendly confer-
ence with satisfactory results to the powers
and justice to the Samoan people; his confi-
dence in the motives and purposes of the Ger-
man Government; the present conference re-
garded as an adjourned meeting of the confer-
ence of 1887, and not as a new one; and the in-
fluential conditions then existing regarded as
unchanged; Mr. Bayard's note to Count Arco
of February 5, 1889, referred to on this point;
the scope and purpose of the present confer-
ence; effect in Samoa of the municipality con-
vention of 1879, and the treaty of peace of July,
1881; the transactions of 1885 not now to be
considered in detail; disavowal of irregular ac-
tion of German and United States consuls of
both Governments recited; quotations from
former correspondence on the subject; agree-
ment of the three treaty powers to send com.
missioners to Samoa to report upon the actual
condition of affairs there, and their report re-
ferred to; these matters were fully discussed
by the first session of the conference; events
since the adjournment of the conference in
July, 1887 declaration of "war" by Germany
against "Malietoa, personally;" his deportation;
these acts regarded as an abrupt breach of the
joint relations of the treaty powers unreconcila-
ble with the friendly language of Germany
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