Mr. Choate to Mr.
Hay.
American Embassy,
London, April 16,
1900.
No. 304.]
Sir: Referring to your instruction No. 313 of
the 21st of February last in relation to Messrs. Arkell & Douglas’s
shipments to South Africa by the Maria, Mashona,
and Beatrice, I have the honor to inclose
herewith copies of Mr. White’s note to Lord Salisbury, of the 19th
ultimo, and of the reply of the foreign office thereto, of the 13th
instant.
I have, etc.,
[Inclosure 1.]
Mr. White to
the Marquis of Salisbury.
American Embassy,
London, March 19,
1900.
My Lord: With reference to the detention of
American merchandise by the British authorities in South Africa, I
have the honor, under instructions from my Government, to inclose
for your lordship’s information copies of bills of lading
representing shipments made by Messrs. Arkell & Douglas, a firm
of New York merchants, by the steamships Maria,
Beatrice, and Mashona, destined for
Delagoa Bay.
It will be observed from the bills of lading above mentioned that the
shipments made by Messrs. Arkell & Douglas, embrace all classes
of general cargo, such as kerosene oil, brooms, stoves, building
materials, white meal, shovels, turpentine, lard oil, plows,
shellers, flour, etc.
I have, etc.,
[Inclosure 2.]
Mr. Bertie to
Mr. Choate.
Foreign Office,
April 13, 1900.
Your Excellency: I have the honor to
acknowledge the receipt of Mr. White’s note of the 19th ultimo,
respecting Messrs. Arkell & Douglas’s shipments to South Africa
by the Maria, Mashona, and the Beatrice.
A copy of this note and of its inclosures will be forwarded to the
high commissioner for South Africa.
The observations which I had the honor to make in my note of the 9th
instant in regard to Messrs. Peabody & Company’s shipments apply
also to the information now supplied in regard to Messrs. Arkell
& Douglas.
I have, etc.,
