Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1894

Mr. Wharton to Baron Ketteler.

Department of State,
Washington, October 19, 1892.

Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge, with thanks, the receipt of your note of the 7th instant, inclosing a memorandum relative to the views of the Imperial German Government in regard to a difference of opinion which has recently arisen between the consular board and the municipal council at Apia with regard to the appointment of returning officers for municipal elections.

Accept, sir, etc.,

William F. Wharton,
Acting Secretary.