Mr. Newberry to Mr.
Blaine.
Legation of
the United States,
Madrid, December 13, 1890.
(Received December 30.)
No. 214.]
Sir: I received this morning a note from the
minister for foreign affairs, a copy and translation of which is inclosed,
also copy of my reply, which refers to the late occupation of missionary
property by the Spaniards at Ponape. This note is in answer to mine of
November 26, to the said minister, copy of which I inclosed to the
Department in my No. 205, of November 26. As Minister Grubb arrives
to-morrow, I will lay the facts and correspondence before him as soon as
convenient.
I have, etc.;
H. R. Newberry,
Chargé d’Affaires ad interim.
[Inclosure 1 in No.
214.—Translation.]
The Duke of Tetuan to Mr.
Newberry.
Ministry of
State,
Palace,
Madrid, December 8,
1890.
My Dear Sir: I have received your note dated
November 26th ultimo, in which you request, in the name of your
Government, the prompt settlement of the difficulties arisen in the
Caroline Islands, in consequence of measures taken by Spanish officers,
consisting in the occupation, of American property without carrying out,
as was the case at Kenan, the agreement entered upon to pay as a
compensation a specified sum.
I would have answered at once to the contents of said note, but as no
data exist in this ministry enabling me to do it, I have asked for them
to my colleague, the minister of ultramar (colonies), urging upon him
that if the necessary particulars have not yet been received to
thoroughly appreciate the facts which have occasioned the complaints
which, in the name of your Government, you have set forth, to recommend
with a special interest to the Spanish authorities its prompt
expedition.
Her Majesty’s Government, on taking a decision in this matter, will be
inspired in the same feelings of rectitude and justice which prompt all
its actions.
I avail myself, etc.,
The Duke of Tetuan.
[Inclosure 2 in No. 214.]
Mr. Newberry to the
Duke of Tetuan.
Legation of the United States,
Madrid, December 13,
1890.
Excellency: I beg to acknowledge receipt of
your excellency’s note of December 8, and have had the honor of
transmitting a copy of same to my Government. I sincerely trust that
your excellency will see the necessity of a prompt adjustment of this
difficulty, and I await with patience the decision of your excellency’s
Government in regard to this and the Kenan affair, on receipt of which I
shall have the honor of informing the State Department at
Washington.
I avail myself, etc.,