Baron Saurma to Mr. Gresham.
Washington, July —, 1894.
Mr. Secretary of State: I have the honor, in obedience to instructions received, to inform your excellency that the Imperial Government has received a telegram which was handed in for transmission at Apia on the 15th ultimo, it having been sent by the senior officer of the German South Sea station, according to which the imperial cruiser Bussard and the British war ship Curacao have taken active measures against the rebellious Atua tribe, in consequence of which that tribe, on the 25th of May, surrendered eight chiefs and fifty muskets to the war ships. The telegram further states that a fresh war has in the meantime broken out between the Government and the Aana tribe.
I avail myself, etc.,