Itayardto the president: ^As the quet^tion of Werman action and American rights^tn tSamoa Is under consideration hy con^^gress 1 beg leuvr lo transmit herewiihtwith^a view to their being laid before congress,^copies of the .'orretpondence touching^atTalrs in Samoa winch has taken place^ateM Jan, Itt, the dale ot your Ism mt ^^age^to congrcits on the suitjecl. Thi^ consists^of a telegram to thi^ dcpartmrni troui^Hlacklo**k. vice consul of the l ulled Mates^at Apia, dated Jan. Ii, and the naraphraae^of my telegraphic lnstructlont of the ssme^date to our minister at Iterlin, of which a^copy was also sent to the charge d'affairs at^London, and my note of the same date to^Count Arco Valley,
Today 1 was waited upon by the flat^man minister at this capital, who read me^a note from his go\eiiiun nt which 1 trans-^scribed from his dictation and now endure^a copy of its text ' The enclosed telegram^reads:
Ai'cki.ani^,Jan. 81 ^^'hetierman con-^sul declares to-rmaii) at war with Samoa^and under martial Taw.^ The paraphaae^of the note to Minister Pendleton is as fol^^lows: ^Bayard instructs the minister of^the United Slates at Berlin to inform the^German government that advices from^Apia state the German consul had declared^Germany to be at war with Mataata and^Samoa to be under martial law. Bayard^inlorins Minister Pendleton that the tier^man minister at this capital, uuder IbjBBM^tions from Prince Bismarck had al^^ready acquainted this government^of t he dec larat ion of war by^Germany against Mataata and^accompanied the notification with a state^^ment that Germany would, of course, abide^by the agreements with America and Kng^land touching Samoa and preserve under^all circumstances the rights of this govern^^ment established by treaty: but, in view of^advices from A Ida. Itayard Instructs Pen^^dleton to say this government has assumed^the i ierman ofticiala in Samoa would be in-^strm led carefully to refrain from interfer^^ence with American cltlieni and property^there. Hence no leclsratlon of martial^law could extend German jurisdiction so aa^to include control over Americans In^Samoa. Such pretension would not be^recognized or conceded by this govern^^ment M
Theremaiuder of the correspondence, as^transmitted by the president, reads as fol^^lows:
Pki'aiumknt ok Statk, Jan. 