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. Gresham.

British Embassy,
Washington, April 14, 1894.

Sir: I have the honor, in accordance with instructions received from the Earl of Kimberley, to inclose the substance of a telegram, dated the 22d ultimo, which was received by his lordship on the 31st ultimo from Her Majesty’s consul at Apia, reporting the outbreak of hostilities in Samoa.

I have, etc.,

Julian Pauncefote.

[Paraphrase of telegram from Consul Cusack-Smith, Samoa, March 22, 1894, received March 31.]

Hostilities have been in progress since the 10th instant. Hitherto the Government troops have been successful. The foreign consuls have undertaken to mediate. An armistice has just been proclaimed and a satisfactory peace is expected to follow. It is not at all necessary to send a man-of-war to Samoa.