Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 3, 1900

Mr. Hay to Mr. White.

Department of State,
Washington , February 21, 1900 .

No. 1010.]

Sir: I have to acknowledge the receipt of your dispatch No. 1169, of the 25th ultimo, requesting to be instructed whether you should issue a passport to Bernard Ehlers, who claims to be a citizen of the Hawaiian Islands.

In reply I have to inform you that a copy of your dispatch has been sent to the special agent of the United States at Honolulu with instructions to ascertain whether the government of Hawaii considers Ehlers a bona fide Hawaiian citizen.

Upon hearing from the agent, the Department will advise you further.

I am, etc.,

John Hay.