Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1881-02-12
Consulate OF IrALy,
HoSoLuLu, February 9th, 1881

may have been abs,ractcd from the mailbag he.
fore going on board.
In answer have the honor to state that | had
forwarded by the mail Of the above date lengthy
and important political dispatch, inclosing therein
n copy OF, and commenting upon the treaty lately
concluded between this Kingdom and the German
Empire. This dispatch has remained without even
an acknowledgment Of the receipt Of the same ON
the part of my Government. II liz possible, but
not probable, that this liz merely an oversight,
which shall ascertain 10y sending n copy of my
dispatch by the outgoing mail steamer to II. Ms
Minister Of Foreign Affairs and inquring If the
original had been received. shall not fail to in
form your Eacellency III due time of the result of
my inquiry and beg here to add that the tele-
gram and dispatch sent by me to my Government
6y the mail steamer of September last have arrived
in due time, and the answer of His Excellency the
Minister of Foreign Affairs gives reason to
suppose that the previous dispatch from here had
been received
II the non-arrival of the dispatch in question
should prove true, should feel suspicion that
the letter has III some manner been distracted.
But AS such cannot be proven, am not justified
to give this impression more weight than it de
serves yet Your Excellency will be the best
judge of the facts as they may ultimately present
So far as know, all my other private and bust
ness letters have reached their destination that
sent per Zeaiondia in August last, and they
Were forwarded through the Post Office here
usual
have the honor to be. Sir, your Excellencys
most obedient humble servant
His Excellency ". l.. Green, HH.M.'s Minister
of Foreign Affairs.
HoNoLULU, Feb. 3, 1881.
SIR: Il have the honor to acknowledge the re-
ceipt of Your Excellencys letter of the Bird instant
stating that you had learned that some of the
Representatives of Foreign Powers and Consular
Agents had reason to suspect that dispatches which
they had forwarded to their Governments by the
mail steamer Zeoiondia, leaving this port for San
Francisco the Goth of August last, had been
distracted either from the mail bags or from the
outside bags which went through the agents of the
on board that you would be glad to learn from
me if had missed dispatches sent by that mail
If any other correspondence by the same mail had
arrived at its destination; how my letters were
posted and if any suspicion exists in my mind
that letters may have been distracted from the
mail, and beg leave to reply that by the mail in
question l sent official dispatches through the
Post Office in Honolulu, addressed respectively to
II. Ms Minister of Foreign Affairs, Brussels, Bel
GUM, and the Hague Holland, to which up to this
date no Acknowledgement has been received by
me-and that the letters to the European cores
pondents of our Banking Firm, forwarded by the
same mail reached their destination in due course
1t is rather singular that such should be the ex
perence of several of my colleagues, and the fact
naturally excites suspicion to the safety of the
mails that left here by the Zeaiandd, Aug. 30 last
shall avail myself of the first opportunity to
inquire from my Government if the dispatches re-
ferred to were received and will advise you at
once OF their reply meanwhile.
/ have the honor to be, Your EIcelencys most
obedient humble servant,
[Signedl JOHN H. Patty,
To His E1cellency w. l.. Green, II. H M g Minister
of Foreign Affairs.
IMPERIAL GERMAN CONSULATE
HONOLULU, February 9Th, 1881.
SIR: In reply to your E1cellency's commuuica.
ton of February I'd, enquiring whether have rea-
son to suspect that dispatches which were for
the mail steamer Zedlandia leaving this port for
San Francisco on the Goth of August last have been
distracted from the mail bag, &c. l beg leave to
afr lint n laona nh frnv .
warded by the Agents mail bag by said steamer
and on said date and addressed to the care of the
German Consulate in San Francisco, to be mailed
has never reached ts destination. It's receipt not
having been acknowledged as customary.
am not able to account for it's loss, and have
since made enquiries of the German Consulate in
San Francisco, the result of which will be com
municated to you AZ soon HI received.
The Agents of the steamer, who have forwarded
number OF letters by the same bag, inform zoe
tie so %Ss to Is s your E.e.lsnoy.
most obedient humble servant.
=. Acting Consul for the German Empire.
10 His E1cellency W. l.. Green, H.H.M.'s Minister
OF Foreign Affairs.
l. AND r. AusrRo- HUNGARY CONSULATE,
HONOLULU, February 4th, 1881.
slh In Answer TO your Excellsncy's despatch,
dated February 3D. 1881, in regard TO letters sent
per steamer Zeaia"dia, goth Of August last have
tne honor TO reply that despatch sent by me on
We HOsn OF August, and another one on the 9th
Of september 1880 to the Imp and Royal Austro
Hungarian Embassy in Washington, have no far
not been answered.
delivered those dispatches and other letters
myself in the post-ofiice. The other letters ar
rived at their Destination in Europe and America,
~ have received an answer
request will be forwarded by me by Il next
mail to the Imp and Royal Embassy 70 be pleased
70 INFORM me AZ 70 the arrival or non arrival of
the Dispatches, No that may be able TO give = de
mite answer to your Excellency
With the highest respect have the honor IN
sgn, your Excellency's most obedient servant
tSignedl f. HovyMAHN