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[Subinclosure.]

To whom it may concern:

ALTOONA, June 29, 1895.

This is to certify that I was present when the following children of Mr. M. W. Pipping and wife were born, viz: Anio Pipping was born March 13, 1884; Alf Pipping was born November 24, 1885; Ingevald Pipping was born December 28, 1887.

STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA, County of Blair, ss:

JNO. FAY, M. D.

Personally before me, a notary public in and for said county and State, came John Fay, M. D., who, being duly sworn according to law, deposeth and saith that the statement made above is true and correct

JNO. FAY, M. D.

Sworn to and subscribed before me the 29th day of June, A. D. 1895.

W. J. HAMOR, Notary Public.

[Inclosure 2.]

Mr. Tower to Mr. Ek.

EMBASSY OF THE UNITED STATES,
St. Petersburg, March 27, 1899.

SIR: Your letter of March 16 last, addressed to the consul-general of the United States in this city, and asking for such certificates as will show the sons of Mr. M. W. Pipping to be American citizens in order that they may avoid Russian military service, has been referred to this embassy.

The only paper which could in such a case be given by way of identification would be an American passport, for which application in the usual form would have to be made out. To that end, therefore, I wish you would send me the following information:

1. Who is Mr. Pipping; when and where was he born?

2. When did he go the United States, where did he reside while there, and in what business was he engaged?

3. When did he leave the United States?

4. Has he now any interests, or does he pay taxes in America?

5. Did he ever declare his intention to become an American citizen; and if so, when and before what court?

6. Where does he live at present, and what is his occupation?

7. Does he intend to send his children to America to reside there; and if so, when?

After I have received from you the replies to these questions I shall communicate with you further.

I am, etc.,

CHARLEMAGNE TOWER,

United States Ambassador.

[Inclosure 3.]

Mr. Ek to Mr. Tower.

CONSULATE OF THE UNITED STATES,
Helsingfors, April 10, 1899.

SIR: I had the honor to receive your kind letter of the 27th last, and allow me to inclose a letter of Mr. M. W. Pipping, by which you will see the necessary.

I am,

etc.,

VICTOR EK,

Vice and Acting Consul.

[Subinclosure.]

Mr. Pipping to Mr. Ek.

[M. W. Pipping, surveyor for hulls, boilers, and engines, Bureau Veritas, Finland.]

HELSINGFORS, March 29, 1899.

DEAR SIR: In reply to your esteemed writing of this day I beg to inform that: 1. I was born in 1851, in Helsingfors, and I am a mechanical engineer.

2. I arrived to New York December 11, 1883, and resided in different places in the United States, but the longest time, or over seven years, in Altoona, Pa., partly in the employment of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company and partly living upon my farm close to Altoona. The four last years of my stay in the United States I was in Columbus, Ohio, engaged in engineering.

3. I left the United States in March, 1896.

4. I am the owner of 133 acres of cultivated and inhabited ground close to Altoona, Pa., and I have some business interests in Ohio, and consequently I pay taxes in America.

5. I have not declared before any court that I wanted American citizenship. 6. My occupation and residence is evident from my letter head.

7. The return of my sons to America depends upon business circumstances, and I can not yet be determined as to time, but may not occur till they are big enough to look after my business in America. But unless they are declared Americans before their fifteenth year of age they may not be allowed to leave Finland before they have fulfilled their military service. Hoping that you can favor my intention, I am, etc.,

M. W. PIPPING.

No. 50.]

Mr. Hay to Mr. Tower.

DEPARTMENT OF STATE,
Washington, May 15, 1899.

SIR: I have acknowledged the receipt of your No. 30, of the 25th ultimo, reporting the application of Mr. M. W. Pipping, a Russian subject, for United States passports for his two minor sons, aged 13 and 11 years, respectively.

It appears that Mr. Pipping resided from 1883 to 1896 in the United States, during which period the boys were born at Altoona, Pa. He was, however, never naturalized as an American citizen, and has returned to the country of his allegiance carrying his minor children with him.

Your action in refusing the passports is approved.

Whether the boys shall elect United States citizenship and prove their election of it by returning to this country to reside is a matter for the future.

I am, etc.,

JOHN HAY.

SAMOA.

SAMOAN AFFAIRS.

Sir Julian Pauncefote to Mr. Day.

BRITISH EMBASSY, Washington, June 14, 1898.

SIR: It has been brought to my knowledge by the Marquis of Salisbury that the consuls of the three treaty powers in Samoa received, on the 1st of April last, a communication from certain rebel chiefs of the Tumna, notifying their independence by the erection of a separate flag at Leulumolga.

The three consuls replied, on April 9, informing the rebel chiefs that under the Berlin treaty the government of King Malietoa was the only one in Samoa, and that any attempt to set up a separate government or to raise a separate flag would not be recognized by the three treaty powers.

At a meeting held at the British consulate on the 15th April last it was unanimously decided by the three consuls to submit once more to their respective Governments the question of the return to Samoa of Mataafa.

The three consuls had previously stated their opinion that the return of Mataafa and the other exiled chiefs would, under certain conditions, be a source of strength to the government of King Malietoa, especially as the question had been further complicated by the hoisting of the rebel flag at Leulumolga.

Mr. E. Maxse, Her Majesty's consul, reports that the Mataafa clan (aiga) is very disquieted at the rumor that Mataafa will not be pardoned, and that the King and government fear that the clan will return to the rebel should his pardon be much longer delayed. Mr. Maxse adds that the return of Mataafa to Samoa would undoubtedly detach many powerful chiefs from the rebel faction who now openly declare that the talk of Mataafa's return was a mere trick to try to induce them to come in.

Under the circumstances, which I have briefly indicated above (and which have doubtless been already reported to you by the United States consul-general at Apia), I am directed by the Marquis of Salisbury to inquire whether your Government are disposed to concur in the recommendation of the consul that Mataafa should now be permitted to return to Samoa on condition of his signing the protocol a draft of which I have the honor to inclose in this note.

I have, etc.,

JULIAN PAUNCEFOTE

[Inclosure.]

PROTOCOL.

I, Mataafa, now of the island of Jaluit, do hereby solemnly promise, agree, and declare that if I shall be pardoned and permitted to return to Apia, Samoa, I will at all times be and remain in all things loyal to the government of Samoa, as now established under the Berlin treaty, and to Malietoa and to his successors; that I will remain at Mulinuu and not depart therefrom without the written consent of the consuls of the treaty powers; that I will not encourage or participate in any hostile action against the government, nor will I permit my relatives or adherents to engage in any such hostile action against the government, and that I will to the best of my ability aid and support the government as now established under said treaty, and that I will use my influence to promote the peace of Samoa and to strengthen the loyalty of the people toward the government, and that my return and continued residence in Samoa shall depend upon my faithful performance of all of the conditions above mentioned.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this
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No. 1066.]

Mr. Day to Sir Julian Pauncefote.

DEPARTMENT OF STATE,

Washington, June 25, 1898. EXCELLENCY: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 14th instant. It deals with the question of the pardon of Mataafa and his return to Samoa, in view of the threatened secession of the other chiefs who would unquestionably be deterred from taking any hostile action against the Samoan government in case he were permitted to return from his exile. Accordingly it is suggested that should Mataafa agree to sign a protocol, draft of which you inclose, promising allegiance to Malietoa and the government of Samoa, he be permitted to return thither.

The Government of the United States cordially concurs in this view of the case and the recommendation of the consular body to which you allude. It is proper to say that this Department is in receipt of identical information with that imparted by your note, from Mr. Luther W. Osborn, consul-general of the United States at Apia, who transmitted it in a recent dispatch.

Mr. Osborn will be instructed to cooperate with his colleagues in obtaining the signature of Mataafa to the protocol in question, whereupon his return to Samoa may be assured.

Inclosing for your information a copy of a note1 upon the subject addressed to the German ambassador, I have the honor to be, etc., WILLIAM R. DAY.

No. 66.]

Mr. Day to Mr. von Holleben.

DEPARTMENT OF STATE,
Washington, June 25, 1898.

EXCELLENCY: I have the honor to inclose for your information a copy of a note from the British ambassador, of the 14th instant, and

1See infra.

of my reply of the 25th, in relation to the pardon of Mataafa and his return to Samoa, as a means of averting threatened hostility on the part of certain other chiefs against the government of Samoa.

It will be perceived that the Government of the United States concurs in the suggestion of Her Majesty's Government based upon the recommendation of the consular body at Apia, that Mataafa be permitted to return to Samoa upon signing the protocol inclosed by the British ambassador, promising allegiance to the King and the government of Samoa.

It is not doubted that this disposition of the case will meet the approval of His Imperial Majesty's Government, and that proper instructions will be sent to the German consular representative at Apia to cooperate with his American and British colleagues to secure the signature of Mataafa to the proposed protocol upon which his return to Samoa is predicated.

The consul-general of the United States at Apia has been instructed in that sense.

I have, etc.,

No. 1079.]

WILLIAM R. DAY.

Mr. Day to Sir Julian Pauncefote.

DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, July 7, 1898. EXCELLENCY: I have the honor to inclose for your information a copy of a note1 from the German embassy, of the 7th instant, and of my reply of to-day's date, assenting to the return of the chiefs who were exiled with Mataafa, on condition that each were willing to sign a protocol similar to that mentioned in the Department's note, No. 1066, of June 25, 1898, and which promised allegiance to the government of Samoa. It is further stipulated, however, that the consent of Her Majesty's Government should first be given to this disposition of the incident.

I have, etc.,

Mr. Sternburg to Mr. Day.

WILLIAM R. DAY.

GERMAN EMBASSY, Washington, July 7, 1898.

MR. SECRETARY: Acting under instructions of his Government I am directed by his excellency the German ambassador to inquire whether your Government are disposed to concur in the recommendation of the Imperial German Government that all the chiefs living in exile with Mataafa should not be permitted to return to Samoa on condition of their signing a similar protocol to that to be signed by Mataafa regarding their loyalty toward the Samoan government.

Sir Julian Pauncefote informed me that he would telegraph to his Government as soon as an agreement had been reached on this question between the Government of the United States and the Imperial German Government.

I avail myself, etc.,

H. S. STERNBURG.

1See infra.

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