Mr. White to Mr.
Hay.
American Embassy,
London, October 14,
1898.
No. 552.]
Sir: Referring to your instruction No. 863, of
the 17th ultimo, and to my dispatch No. 524, of the 19th ultimo, I have
the honor to inclose herewith the copy of a note which I addressed to
the Marquis of Salisbury relative to the services rendered to Admiral
Dewey by the late Mr. Rawson-Walker, Her Majesty’s consul at Manila, and
of the reply which I have received to the same.
I also inclose a copy of my note of the 19th ultimo to Lord Salisbury,
which should have accompanied my dispatch above-mentioned, but which I
regret to find, from your dispatch No. 887, of the 4th instant, was not
inclosed therein.
I have, etc.,
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[Inclosure 1 in No.
552.]
Mr. White to Lord
Salisbury.
American Embassy, London, September 19,
1898.
My Lord: I have the honor, in accordance
with instructions from the Secretary of State, to express the thanks
of my Government to that of Her Majesty for the invaluable
assistance rendered by the late Mr. E. H. Rawson-Walker, Her
Majesty’s consul at Manila, to Rear-Admiral Dewey, a copy of whose
dispatch to the Secretary of the Navy setting forth the nature of
the consul’s services has doubtless been transmitted to your
lordship by Sir Julian Pauncefote, to whom it was communicated by
the Department of State.
I deem it proper to add that my Government heard, with sincere
regret, of Mr. Rawson-Walker’s death on the 2d of August.
I have, etc.,
[Inclosure 2 in No.
552.]
Mr. White to Lord
Salisbury.
American Embassy,
London, September 28,
1898.
My Lord: With reference to my note of 19th
instant, expressing my Government’s appreciation of the late Consul
Rawson-Walker’s services and their regret at his death, I have the
honor to transmit to your lordship the following extract, which I
have received, from a dispatch addressed to the Secretary of State
by the American consul at Manila, viz:
From my dispatches, as from those since sent by Rear-Admiral
Dewey, you have information as to the kindly and painstaking
manner with which the late lamented Consul Walker discharged
his delicate duties as your representative after my
departure from Manila, and now that death has too early
sealed his lips, I wish to add words of highest praise of
his services to our cause and of deepest regret, personal
and official, over his death.
I have the honor also to inclose a copy of the dispatch from Admiral
Dewey, which was referred to in my note of the 19th instant.
I have, etc.,
[Inclosure 3 in No.
552.]
Lord Salisbury to
Mr. White.
Foreign Office, October 4, 1898.
Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the
receipt of your note of the 28th ultimo, inclosing an extract from a
dispatch of the United States consul at Manila, together with a copy
of a dispatch from Admiral Dewey to the United States Government,
bearing testimony to the services rendered by the late Mr.
Rawson-Walker, British consul at Manila.
I have, etc.,
