CO129-281 - Governor Sir Robinson & Acting Governor Major Gen Black - 1898 [1-3] — Page 427

Enclosure 3.

U. S. Consul to Col. Sexy.

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March, 4th 1898.

Sir,

Rod 15 495 98

I have the honour to acknowledge your letter No.270

of February 28th., 1898, and to inform you that I have transmitted

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its contents with a complete resume of the subject under discussion

to our Ambassador at London.

Though the incident is closed as between this Con-

-sulate and the Colonial Government I, however, beg to point out

that in my letter No.8 (February 19th. 1898) I did not question

the right of jurisdiction of British Courts in cases such as

cited. It would appear from the first paragraph of your letter

No.270 that you had understood me so to do.

I said that the subject was one of comity and good

will rather than one of law and I simply wished to be informed

whether the Colonial Government waived its right or not.

I consider paragraph two of your letter No.270 to

mean that you do not.

In the same paragraph I find "he (H. E.) is unable

to adppt your view &c."

Modesty forbids me to lay claim to the brief digest

of the opinions of the blest American and English jurists to

which