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

Baron Saurma to Mr. Gresham.

Imperial German Embassy,
Washington, January 29, 1894.

Dear Sir: The New York papers of yesterday’s date contain notices of the late uprising in Samoa, headed by the son of Tamasese, in regard to which I had the honor to confer with you at the State Department on the 24th of this month.

I would therefore be very much obliged for some information which would enable me to report to my Government if these newspaper statements have meanwhile been borne out by official advice from the United States vice-consul-general at Apia, and if such is the case would be grateful to obtain the United States Government’s views upon the actual situation, and if and at what time your Government intends to dispatch men-of-war to Samoan waters.

While requesting an early reply, I remain, my dear Mr. Secretary of State,

Yours, very truly,

Saurma.