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, August 10, 1893.

Excellency: I have the honor to state, in confirmation of my telegram to you of the 3d instant, that the Department has signified to the chargé d’affaires ad interim of Germany its cordial concurrence in the appointment of Mr. Schmidt, late vice-consul of Germany at Apia, as president of the municipal council in Samoa.

I have, etc.,

W. Q. Gresham.