Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1894

Baron Saurma to Mr. Gresham.

[Translation.]

Imperial German Embassy,
Washington, November 27, 1894.

Mr. Secretary of State: I have the honor, referring to my note of the 1st instant, relative to the wives of Mataafa and his companions, most respectfully to inform your excellency, in pursuance of instructions received, that the Royal Government of Great Britian, according to a note from its chargé d’affaires at Berlin, agrees, subject to the concurrence of the United States Government, that the relatives of the Samoan chiefs who are now held as prisoners at Jaluit be sent to them.

I avail myself, etc.,

Saurma.