Baron Ketteler to Mr. Gresham.
[Telegram.]
New
York, August 17,
1893.
In reply to your inquiry, I am instructed to state that the Imperial Government, in view of the peaceful situation at Apia, do not consider the dispatch of U. S. S. Philadelphia to Samoa to be of any further necessity. An official answer to your note will be forwarded to-day.
Ketteler.