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

Mr. Wharton to Mr. von Holleben.

Department of State,
Washington, November 25, 1892.

Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of Baron Ketteler’s note of the 12th instant, relative to the agreement in opinion of the governments of the United States and the German Empire as to refusing to recognize the establishment of a fee of $5 for the registration of land titles in Samoa, and to state that the consul of the United States at Apia will be duly instructed with regard thereto.

Accept, etc.,

William F. Wharton,
Acting Secretary.