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

Sir Julian Pauncefote to Mr. Foster.

Washington, November 25, 1892.

Sir: With reference to the dispatch of vessels of war by the three treaty powers for the protection of life and property in Samoa, I am directed by the Earl of Rosebery to inform you that the commander of the British man-of-war Ringarooma, who has received orders to proceed to the Navigators Islands, has been instructed not to take action without the unanimous consent of the consuls of the three powers.

I have, etc.,

Julian Pauncefote.