Mr. King to Mr.
Hay.
Legation of the United States,
Bangkok, July 10,
1902.
No. 122.]
Sir: Replying to diplomatic dispatch No. 83,
March 19, 1902, my question arose from the fact that last February I
received from one Henry S. Wetherbee a request for a passport, which
request was accompanied by the necessary papers. Mr. Wetherbee, as
inclosure I will show, was in the jurisdiction of the consul-general at
Calcutta, and, interpreting the matter in the same way the Department
does in its dispatch No. 83 tome, I forwarded the request to Hon. Robert
F. Patterson, United States consul-general, Calcutta, India, and
explained my action in a letter to Mr. Wetherbee.
I have, etc.,
[Inclosure 1.]
Mr. King to Mr.
Wetherbee.
Legation of the United States,
Bangkok, February 5, 1902.
Sir: By last mail I received your
communication in reference to a passport. Burmah is under the
jurisdiction of the consul-general at Calcutta, Hon. Robert F.
Patterson, and I have forwarded your correspondence as it came to me
directly to him, with the hope that this might save you some little
time in a quest that seems to have cost you a good deal of time and
trouble. You will no doubt hear from Mr. Patterson very shortly
after you receive this.
* * * * * * *
Yours, sincerely,
[Inclosure 2.]
Mr. King to Mr.
Patterson.
Legation of the United States,
Bangkok, February 5, 1902.
Dear Sir: I inclose a sheaf of
correspondence from one Henry S. Wetherbee, who desires to secure a
United States passport. Mr. Wetherbee is in Yenang Yaung, Upper
Burmah, India, and under your jurisdiction. Hence I forward this
material to you. I interpret paragraph 147, Consular Regulations,
and Revised Statutes, section 4075, as exclusive as well as
inclusive. The fee to which Mr. Wetherbee refers did not appear in
his letter. I inclose, however, three postage stamps which he sent,
and will to-day write him that I have turned this matter over to his
consul-general, Hon. Robert F. Patterson, Calcutta, India.
Yours, sincerely,
