74 Mr. Abbott to Mr. Blaine... Apr. 15

77 Same to same.....

67

Apr. 24 Mr. Blaine to Mr. Abbott.... May 29

95 Mr. Abbott to Mr. Blaine.... July 18

113 Same to same..

Aug. 14

117

Same to same..

Aug. 18

94 Mr.Wharton to Mr. Abbott. Aug. 21

Same subject: The Colombian Government has
issued full and explicit instructions with regard
to trade on the San Blas coast. No new regula
tions have been made. The Julian has paid
the duties on her cargo and sailed for the San
Blas coast.

Estate of Mrs. S. H. Smith: Matters are to remain
in statu quo until the case can be investigated.
Same subject: Discusses the question as to
whether the United States consul at Colon had
the right to sell the two houses belonging to
the estate. Thinks that he had, under the tenth
paragraph of the third article of the consular
convention of 1850. Gives reasons for regard.
ing the houses as movable property which the
consul had the right to take possession of and
sell. Instructs him to maintain the validity of
the sale by the consul.

Same subject: The minister of foreign affairs has
promised to discuss the matter with him as
soon as possible.
Claim of the Boston Ice Company against Colom-
bia: Incloses a copy and translation of that
part of the report of the minister of foreign
affairs relating to the said claim, and arguing
to show that it is unfounded.
Claim of the Panama Star and Herald against
Colombia: Incloses a copy and translation of
that part of the report of the minster of foreign
affairs relating to the said claim, and arguing
to show that it was unfounded.
Estate of Mrs. S. H. Smith: Considers the views
expressed in Department's No. 67 of May 29,
1890, obviously sound.

120 Mr. Abbott to Mr. Blaine.... Aug. 22 Same subject: The minister of foreign affairs, in

Mr. Blaine to Mr. Abbott.. Oct. 10

violation of the agreement entered into by him
with Mr. Abbott, has made extended and ad-
verse comments on the Smith case in his biennial
report. Had an interview with the minister
on the 18th instant, and notified him of Depart-
ment's instructions. He requested time to
consult the President. The following day he
received an official note from the minister, dated
14 instant, asking him to forward to the United
States for service a process of a local court
assuming to settle the estate of Alexander
Henry, an American citizen, who died in Colom-
bia several years ago. Feeling that a compliance
with this request would be a direct acknowl-
edgment of the right of the court to assume
jurisdiction in the case, he returned the proc-
ess with a note declining to admit the said
jurisdiction. Incloses a copy of that part of
the report of the minister of foreign affairs re-
lating to the estate of Mrs. S. H. Smith, and
of correspondence relating to the estate of
Alexander Henry.

Aug. 22 Estate of Alexander Henry, a citizen of the
United States, who died in Colombia some
years ago: Gives a history of the circumstances
attending the settlement of said estate; in-
closes an unsigned copy of a letter dated Feb.
ruary 7, 1887, apparently from the legation to
the minister of foreign affairs on the subject.
Estate of Mrs. S. H. Smith: Department finds
nothing in the report of the minister of foreign
affairs to affect the position taken by it with
regard to the interpretation of the tenth para-
graph of article 3 of the consular convention
of 1850; his arguments are more than antici-
pated in Department's instructions.
Estate of Alexander Henry: Approves his action
in declining to transmit any papers relating to
the said estate.
Claims of United States citizens against Colom.
bia: Regrets that Colombia has not yet become
a party to the general arbitration treaty be-
tween the American states. The United States
is now forced to recall to the attention of the
Colombian Government the necessity of an early
settlement of these claims; instructs him to

Oct. 10

120 Mr. Adee to Mr. Abbott.... Oct. 24

254

254

255

258

258

260

261

262

266.

268

269

269

120

Mr. Adee to Mr. Abbott- Oct. 24
Continued.

145

learn whether the Colombian Government is
prepared to give its minister at Washington full
authority to take up the discussion of them
with the Department.

Mr. Abbott to Mr. Blaine.. Oct. 24 Estate of Mrs. S. H. Smith: Relates further steps

taken in the case by the judge at Colon; in.
closes a copy and translation of a note of An-
gust 25,1890, from the minister of foreign affairs,
acknowledging the receipt of Mr. Abbott's note
of August 22, 1890.

CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE LEGATION OF COLOMBIA AT WASHINGTON.

270

Claim of the Panama Star and Herald against
Colombia: States the facts in the case; no re-
dress has been made to the claimants, although
it is now nearly 4 years since the wrong was
committed; thinks that such redress should
now be tendered.

Same subject: Requests a reply to his note of
January 31, 1890; hopes to receive a proposi
tion for the settlement of the claim.
Same subject: As the wrong complained of was
the personal act of General Santo Domingo Vila,
and had been disavowed by the Colombian Gov-
errment, redress should be sought by bringing
suit against him in the Colombian courts.

FRANCE.

272

273

273

Nov. 26 Hog products: Arrangements are being made
with the French Government for the official in-
spection of the American pork at the Paris Ex-
hibition.

1890. Mar. 4

Cattle and meat: Incloses a copy of a letter of
February 18, 1890, from the Secretary of Agri.
culture, showing the injustice and the injurious
effects of the restrictions placed by certain Eu-
ropean governments on the importation of
American cattle and meats. Instructs him to
try to procure the removal of such restrictions
in France.

July 4 Hog products: Incloses a copy of his letter of
the 3d instant to the minister of foreign affairs,
adducing arguments to show the justice and ex
pediency of repealing the prohibition of the im.
portation of American hog products.
Same subject: Describes a recent interview with
the minister of foreign affairs on the subject;
the minister gave him no definite reply.
July 25 Discrimination against American fubricating
oils: Incloses a copy of his note of July 9, 1891,
to the minister of foreign affairs, transmitting
a memorandum of a letter received by Mr. Reid
from a large American petroleum importing
house, complaining of a proposed discrimination
by the French Government in favor of Russian
lubricating oils as against those of American
origin.

July 28 Hog products: Incloses a copy of a note of the
11th instant from the minister of foreign af
fairs on the subject, and of his reply of this
date, showing the fallacy of the minister's com
plaints of the McKinley bill.

Same subject: Gives the substance of his conver-
sation with the minister of foreign affairs on the
preceding Saturday.

281

283

286

287

288

290

224

Mr. Reid to Mr. Blaine...... Aug. 15

Mr. Wharton to Mr. Reid... Sept. 22

Same subject: Relates a conversation with the
minister of foreign affairs on the preceding
Wednesday; incloses a copy of a memorandum
which he had then handed to the minister,
showing that, with the exception of Italy, France
was the first European nation to exclude Amer-
ican pork.

Aug. 21 Discrimination against American lubricating
oils: Incloses a copy and translation of a note
of the 14th instant from the minister of foreign
affairs, explaining the alleged discrimination re-
ferred to in Mr. Reid's note of July 9, 1891.
Same subject: Regrets that the United States
alone of all the pretroleum-producing countries
must suffer by this discrimination in favor of
all countries having the most-favored-nation
clause in their commercial treaties with France,
and especially of Russia.

278

Mr. Vignand to Mr. Blaine.. Dec. 18

Death of Senator Edmond de Lafayette on the
12th instant: Gives a sketch of his life and char-
acter; incloses a table of the descendants of
General Lafayette.

GERMANY.

291

291

292

294

1889.

21

Mr. Blaine to Mr. Phelps... Nov. 27

23

Same to same..

Dec. 3

46

Passports: Calls attention to certain inaccura
cies in the passport returns of the legation for
the quarter ending September 30, 1889.
Cattle: Incloses a copy of a letter of November
22, 1889, from the Secretary of Agriculture
asking for information as to an alleged German
law prohibiting the importation of cattle from
the United States, and a copy of the Hamburg
quarantine law of 1879. Asks for copies of any
other German law bearing on the subject.

Mr. Phelps to Mr. Blaine.... Dec. 17 Passports: Makes explanations with regard to

the issue of passports by the legation and asks
for certain instructions on the subject.

Passports: Gives the instructions requested in
Mr. Phelps's No. 46 of the 17th ultimo.
Passports: Discusses certain questions con-
nected with the issue of a passport by the lega-
tion to Mrs. Emilie Heisinger and her minor
son Carl.

Labor conference: Incloses copies and transla-
tions of two recent decrees relating to the im-
provement of the condition of the working
classes, and directing that all other govern-
ments interested in the matter, be invited to a
conference on the subject. Incloses, also, a
copy and translation of the Emperor's address
to the council of state on the same subject.
Samoan treaty: Incloses clippings from Ger-
man newspapers criticising the treaty.
Cattle and meat: Incloses a copy of a letter of
the 18th ultimo from the Secretary of Agricul-
ture, showing the injustice and the injurious
effects of the restrictions placed by certain
European governments on the importation of
American cattle and meat. Instructs him to
lay the subject before the German Govern-
ment, and to remonstrate especially against
the quarantine against American cattle, par-
ticularly those intended for immediate slaugh-
ter.

Cattle and meat: Has been unable to discover
any legislation on the subject of the importa-
tion of American cattle, hogs, and hog prod
ucts, except the law of March 6, 1883, prohibit-.
ing the importation of American hogs and hog
products. Incloses copies of the said law and
a copy of his note of the 21st instant to the
foreign office, asking for information with re-
gard to the quarantine against American cat-
tle and requesting that the same be abolished.

297

298

299

300

301

304

306

307

308

126

Mr. Phelps to Mr. Blaine .

1890. June 10

134

Same to same...

122

Passports of Americans entering Germany from
France: Recommends a certain change in the
wording of the notice by the Department on the
subject.

June 30 Cattle, hogs, and hog products: Incloses a copy
of a note of the 23d instant from the foreign
office, transmitting copies of the laws in force
in Germany affecting the importation of Amer-
ican cattle, hogs, and hog products, and de-
clining to abolish or modify the decrees restrict-
ing the importation of American cattle, on the
ground that there are diseases existing among
the cattle in the United States.

Mr. Adee to Mr. Phelps..... July 10 Passports of Americans entering Alsace-Lorraine

from France: Incloses copies of the notice by
the Department altered in compliance with Mr.
Phelps's suggestion in his No. 126 of the 10th
ultimo.

July 17 Cattle and meat: Regrets that Germany, in as-
signing reasons for her policy of exclusion, has
again taken the untenable ground that Amer-
ican meats are unhealthful.

310

311

316

317

CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE LEGATION OF GERMANY AT WASHINGTON.

1890.

Count von Arco-Valley to Mar. 2
Mr. Blaine.

Mr. Blaine to Count von Mar. 7
Arco-Valley.

Samoan treaty: Incloses a copy of a memoran-
dum relative to the execution of certain provis-
jons of the general act of the Samoan conference
at Berlin.

Same subject: Incloses a copy of a telegram of the
6th instant, sent by Department to the United
States vice-consul at Apia, instructing him to
unite with the German and British consuls in
the execution of certain articles of the Samoan
treaty.

Count von Arco-Valley to May 1 Tonnage dues: On the 26th of January, 1888, the
Mr. Blaine.

President issued a proclamation suspending the
collection of the whole of the duty of 6 cents
per ton, not to exceed 30 cents per ton per an-
num, upon vessels entered in the ports of the
United States from any of the ports of the Ger-
man Empire. The Commissioner of Navigation
decided that only such German vessels as sail
"direct" from German ports to the United
States ports are exempted from the payment of
tonnage dues. The legation, in a note of Feb-
ruary 25, 1888, protested against this decision as
a direct violation of the President's proclama-
tion, and the Secretary of State, in his note of
February 28, 1888, promised a speedy remedy,
and a detailed reply to the protest. No reply
has been received; asks that it may be now
made.

Mr. Blaine to Count von May 26 Tonnage dues: The question to which Count Ar-
Arco-Valley.

co's note of the 1st instant relates has been
made the subject of a suit in the courts which
has not yet been decided. The Commissioner
of Navigation did not decide that only such Ger-
man vessels as sail directly from German ports
to ports in the United States should be exempt
from tonnage dues. The cases of vessels not
coming direct to the United States were reserved
by him for consideration. It was not the in-
tent, either of the law or the proclamation, to
allow vessels trading with England, France, or
other foreign countries to be exempted from
tonnage dues merely because they sail origi
nally from ports in Germany.

Tonnage dues: Incloses a copy of a circular of
November 26, 1890, issued by the Commissioner of
Navigation, stating that the fact that a vessel
touches at an intermediate port at which it
neither enters nor clears will not deprive such
vessel of the rights derived from sailing from a
free port, such being its port of departure.

317

318

318

319

320

FB-90-4

141 Mr. Blaine to Mr. Lincoln.. Dec. 6

Mr. Blaine to Mr. White (telegram).

Dec. 30

1890.

151

Mr. Lincoln to Mr. Blaine.. Jan.

6

Taxation of American missionaries in Burmah:
Incloses a copy of a letter of October 15, 1889,
from Rev. A. Bunker, an American missionary
in Burmah, complaining that the Government
of India not only taxes the allowances which
the missionaries receive from the United States
missionary boards, but has now issued a new
order requiring them to pay an income tax on
all money's paid for the support of their families
in the United States. Instructs Mr. Lincoln to
lay the matter before the British Government.
Boundary dispute between Great Britain and
Venezuela: Authorizes him to confer with Lord
Salisbury concerning the reëstablishment of
diplomatic relations between Great Britain and
Venezuela upon the basis suggested by the
Venezuelan minister, of temporary restoration
of the status quo.

Discrimination against American vessels at Hali-
fax in the matter of compulsory pilotage: In-
closes a copy of a note of the 3d instant, from
the foreign office, transmitting an extract from
a report of a committee of the privy council of
Canada stating that all British and foreign ves-
sels coming from foreign ports and over 80 tons
register pay pilotage dues at Halifax.

Feb. 19 Passport for Samuel B. Oliver: Incloses a copy of
his letter of the 14th instant to the United
States consul at Liverpool, giving his reasons
for declining to issue such passport.
Same subject: Approves Mr. Lincoln's views on
the subject, but will consider any statement
that Mr Oliver may make, either directly or
through the legation.

215

Mr. Blaine to Mr. Lincoln.. Mar. 19

197

219

203

Mr. Lincoln to Mr. Blaine.. Mar. 20

Mr. Blaine to Mr. Lincoln.. Mar. 24

Taxation of American missionaries in Burmah:
Incloses a copy of the legation's note of Decem-
ber 18, 1889, to Lord Salisbury on the subject,
and of the latter's reply of the 18th instant,
transmitting copies of documents received from
the Government of India, and expressing regret
that the Government of India, after a full con-
sideration of the case, is unable to make an ex-
ception in favor of the missionaries.
Passport for F. C. Van Duzer: Incloses a copy of
a letter of the 5th instant, from F. C. VanDuzer,
complaining that the legation had declined to
issue him a passport because he could not state
at what time he expected to return to the United
States with the purpose of residing there;
gives certain instructions for Mr. Lincoln's
guidance and leaves the disposition of the case
to his judgment.

Mr. Lincoln to Mr. Blaine.. Mar. 28 Traveling certificate issued by the State of Min

Mar. 31

April 9

nesota to Louis Wagner: Incloses a copy of the
said document, which was presented at the
legation this day by Mr. Wagner, he supposing
it to be a regular passport.
Passport for Samuel B. Oliver: Has sent Mr.
Oliver a copy of Department's No. 215 of the
19th instant, through the United States consul
at Liverpool.

Passport for Samuel B. Oliver: Incloses a copy of
a letter of the 8th instant from the United States
consul at Liverpool, stating that he has commu-
nicated the contents of Department's No. 215
to Mr. Oliver's father, Mr. Oliver himself being
now in Portugal.
April 9 Passport for Mr. H. C. Quinby: Mr. Quinby has
written to the legation asking for a copy of the
instructions relating to passports, for the ex-
pressed purpose of writing "a statement of the
case to one of the Boston papers," "the case,"
being the legation's refusal to issue him a pass-
port on account of his declining to state in his
application at what time he intends to return
to the United States to reside. Has written to
Mr. Quinby, declining to send him an official
blank for such a purpose. Incloses a copy of a
memorandum of March 1, 1890, written by the

321

322

322

329

324

325

328

330

331

331

331