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. Herbert to Mr. Foster.

British Legation,
Washington, October 25, 1892.

Sir: With reference to your note of the 12th instant and to our subsequent conversation respecting the proposal of the German Government in regard to the dispatch of ships of war to Samoan waters, I have the honor to inform you that I have received a telegram from the Earl of Rosebery in which his lordship states that Her Majesty’s Government are sending one ship of war to Samoa for the protection of life and property there, and that her commander has been instructed to act in concert with the American and German naval officers who may be employed on a similar duty.

His lordship is very anxious that the concert of the three treaty powers should be maintained in Samoa and he is therefore not disposed to raise the point as to whether one or two ships of war should be sent there so long as joint action is taken and joint instructions are agreed upon by the three governments.

I have, etc.,

Michael H. Herbert.