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OUR ENVOY IN EUROPE.

of the Hawaiian Envoy. Colonel Curtis
Taukea, and are now enabled to place them
more fully and in greater detail before oar
readers:
IN MOSCOW.
On the evening of June 5th Colonel Tau
kea attended the state banquet at the
Kremlin given for the chiefs of missions.
At the conclusion of the banquet the Min
lister of ForeigH Affairs informed Colone
Iaukea that then was the occ sion ia
take final leave of the Emperor. On pre-
senting him self before the Emperor our
Envoy was addressed very ~graciously and
His Majesty expressed himself as highly
gratified with the mark of friendship of the
Hawaiian Sovereign and the Hawaiian
Government in sending an embassy to as
sist at his coronation and also requested
that his grateful Acknowledgements might
be conveyed to King Kalakaua.
On June 7th His Excellency Minister
Giers, presented to our Envoy the decora-
ton of the Grand Cross of the Order of st.
StanisIas and to Mr.. Secretary Poor the
Companion Order of st. Anne. The decor
ations were accompanied by polite notes of
which the following are copies:
Moscow, May p, 1888.
SIR His Majesty the Emperor, my august
master, desiring to offer you a token of his great
good will, and a souvenir of the important
solemnity at which you have assisted, has
deigned to confer upon you his Order of St.
Stanislas of the first class. 1t gives me
pleasure to transmit to you herewith the insig-
MIA, and at the same time I seize, Sir, this occa-
sion to renew the assurance of my highest con-
sideration. (Signed) GIERs.
To Mr.. Curtis P. i aukea, etc.
Moscow, May Is, 1888.
SIR 1 have the agreeable duty to i inform you
that his Majesty the Emperor has graciously
del .ned to confer tn Oder of st. Anne, of the
third class, on Mr.. Henry T. Poor.
In transmitting to you herewith the insignia
of this Order, I take the occasion to renew the
assurance of my highest consideration.
(Signed) GIERs.
To MI. Curtis p. Ialkea, etc.
Colonel Iaukea returned his grateful ac-
acknowledgements of the honor bestowed
upon him by His Iulperial Majesty
On June 8th Il dinner was given by the
Japanese Ambassador with whom our En-
voy has had the most cordial relations dur
Ing his stay in Moscow. There were pres
ent at the dinner Minister Giers, several OF
the Diplomatic Representatives and certain
Russian officials.
On Tune 9th the Hawaiian Envoy called
officially on the Mipister of Foreign Affai rs
and placed in his eli arge for presentation to
His Imperial Majesty the Decoration and
Diploma of the Order of Kamehameha.
The collar had not tglen arrived from Pa ris
bu it was to have been transmitted rs soon
n, raoaiI,oI HE TSyoalIanou na va his aG-
surances that the decoration would be pre-
scented as soon as possible after the Empe-
ror's return to st. p tersburg and it would
be a pleasant duty for him to do so as His
Imperial Majesty had already expressed
his interest and pleasure in receiving the
gift. At the same time he handed the EN-
peror's reply to His Hawaiian Majesty's
autograph letter a Translation of which is
published to-day in uur By Authority Col
umn.
On the same day there was a grand re-
view of the troops by the Emperor which
was the closing event of the grand and
brilliant series of corJnation festivities and
at which our Representative was pres
ent.
The same evening the Emperor, the Court
and the Government officials left by special
train for ST. Petersburg and Colonel Iau-
kea not having entirely completed his bus
mess with the Foreign Office (the Minister
having been very much pressed for time)
found it necessary to fellow the Court, and
on June 18th a place was accorded to him
in a special train whicll the authorities had
considerably provided to convey the En-
voys to st. Petersburg. :
IN ST. PETERSBURG.
While in that city our Envoy called On
the Minister of the Navy who showed him
a report of Captain Kalogueras of the
"!Nayezdrick" describing enthusiastically
the generous and hospitable reception and
attentions extended to him in Honolulu.
The Minister said that reports from vessels
visiting Honolulu were always of the same
tenor and His Excellency felt very grateful
to His Majesty the King and the Hawaiian
authorities. He was much pleased at the
action of Captain K~aIOgueras in offering
his ship to convey the King to Kohala.
On taking leave of his Excellency the
Minister of Foreign Affairs he assured Min
lister Iaukea that his mission had given
him pleasure, that the relations between
them had been most agreeable II he
should always take the greatest interest in
the enterprising little Kingdom that ha 81
sent an Envoy from so far to do honor to
his Emperor. He further assured him of
the extreme pleasure of their Majesties at
this mark of courtesy. Thanks were re-
turned to His Excellency for the numerous
courtesies extended by himself and all the
Russian officials.
IN JENNA
On June 21st the Hawaiian Representa-
tive called on His Excellency the Austrian
Minister of Foreign Affairs who receiv ed
him very kindly. He expressed His Sow
ereign's grateful recollections of all the
kind attentions shown him by the Govern
ment dr ring his stay in Vienna, His Ex-
cellency in turn expressed his pleasure at
again hearing from His Hawaiian Majesty
regretted that the Emperor was out of
the city as he should have had great pleas
ure in presenting him.
IN BELGRADE.
Arriving at Belgrade on the morn ing of