Foreign Relations of the United States, 1894, Appendix I, Chinese-Japanese War, Enforcement of Regulation Respective to Fur Seals, Mosquito Territory, Affairs at Bluefields, Claim of Antonio Maximo Mora, Import Duties on Certain Products of Colombia, Haiti, and Venezuela, Affairs in the Samoan Islands

Mr. Gresham to Sir Julian Pauncefote.

Department of State,
Washington, April 18, 1894.

The Secretary of State bas read with satisfaction the note verbale of the British ambassador of yesterday saying that he has received a telegram from the Earl of Kimberley to the effect that amendments have been made in articles 2 and 7 of the Bering Sea bill during its passage through the House of Lords which it is believed will entirely remove the objections raised by the United States Government; that Her Majesty’s Government have given their most careful consideration to the objections raised by the United States to article 1 of the bill, and that he is instructed to assure the undersigned that Her Majesty’s Government yield in no respect to the United States Government in their desire to carry out the award effectually, and they are satisfied the provision in question is framed in a manner which will best secure that object.