of the San Francisco; Commander H. McCrea, of the Machias; Lieutenant Hussey, Lieutenant-Commanders H. Bailey, J. H. Sears, H. Hodges, Griffin, R. Mulligan, A. N. Wood, J. Carter; Lieuts. C. M. Knepper, W. McGrann, H. Brumby, S. Wood, E. Moale, jr., G. W. Kline, G. Tarbox, Ĵ. M. Reeves, G. B. Bradshaw; Ensigns, A. E. Watson, E. L. Arnold, C. Hutchins, H. C. Cocke, G. W. Steele, jr., W. S. Miller, W. M. Hunt, S. W. Bryant; Midshipmen Fretz, Anderson, McNair, W. Pryor, Murdoch, A. Staton, Campbell, Norris, M. Simons, H. Coop; Capts. J. T. Myers and G. C. Thorpe, and Lieut. W. G. Powell, of the United States Marine Corps. Toward the close of the banquet Counselor Gorjao arose and, in an eloquent speech full of flattering allusions to the American nation, proposed the health of the President of the United States. A part of Mr. Bryan's response was as follows: "For the peacemaker throughout the world such reunions as this are the consummation of his brightest hopes. In such havens of good will as here exist there is happily found anchorage for friendship, the quest of nations as well as of individuals. "The modern diplomatist finds no truer ally than the patriot sailor. Portugal has ever been a lover and a master of the sea. Portuguese navigators have left indelible inscriptions on the maps of the world and been recognized as beneficent conquerors. The civilization introduced and fostered by your valiant ancestors has been confined to no one continent, and has proved to be the gentle expression of noble aspirations. Whoever has availed himself of the open latch to contemplate your family life, whether at home or in your colonies, has been gratified with the conviction that there is none sweeter, none purer on this planet. On such a foundation of solid good a nation rises to a plane alike pleasing to God and beneficent to man. "My seafaring countrymen have come not only to pay respect to your sovereign in grateful recognition of civilities extended to our Navy, but also to offer the sympathy of the true-hearted to the true-hearted. Fresh from generous international courtesies at the north, they are happy to thus bask in the sunshine of southern hospitality. Already the lovers of peace in both continents are rejoicing in the better understanding that admirals and the captains of battle ships are effectively cementing. No one who has dwelt among Portuguese can fail to profit by the lessons they are unconsciously teaching. Even in the midst of America's brilliant, stirring civilization, to which your excellency has so graciously referred, we will look back with unfeigned satisfaction to the contentment of a whole people we have witnessed here. "We will vividly remember the manly figure of a knightly sovereign passing to and fro among his loving subjects, unguarded and without need of guard, an exemption from danger that is a striking tribute to the character of the ruler and the people alike-happy civilization, happy country, favored with nature's lavished blessings, and with conditions where people and authority are in such accord. To the ruler who knows so to govern, surrounded by cabinet counselors of like administrative ability, I ask you, my countrymen and friends, to join me in pledging health to him and his most gracious consort, the Queen, the revered queen-mother, and the princess, with whom his house is blessed. "It means you, too, generous Portuguese, whether in this lovely land or in the great colonies, which we hope will become still greater. We bring you all a message of most cordial greetings from our brilliant young President and from all our countrymen, and we toast Portugal forever in that embodiment of what is truly and nobly Portuguese, His Majesty King Carlos." Other toasts, followed, including one from Counselor Wenceslau de Lima to RearAdmiral Cotton, which the latter acknowledged in a short speech replete with humor. As the evening wore on all traces of restraint vanished and the utmost cordiality marked the proceedings throughout. Finally, a proof of the unlimited popularity of the American minister was to be found in the fervor with which hosts and guests alike attacked the time-honored refrain, For He's a Jolly Good Fellow, which brought the banquet to a close. King Carlos is to visit the Brooklyn to-morrow, while Mr. Bryan has issued invitations for a garden party, to take place on Wednesday, at his country residence in Cintra. ROUMANIA. RECEPTION OF THE UNITED STATES MINISTER TO ROUMANIA. Mr. Jackson to Mr. Hay. [Confidential.] No. 2, Roumanian series.] LEGATION OF THE UNITED STATES, Athens, February 9, 1903. SIR: I have the honor to report that soon after my arrival in Athens I addressed a note to the Roumanian minister of foreign affairs, informing him of my appointment and stating that I intended to visit Bucharest at the earliest practicable opportunity and to seek an audience with His Majesty the King of Roumania in order to present to him the President's letter of credence, the office copy of which I duly inclosed. Yesterday I received a call from the Roumanian minister here, who told me that he had been instructed to inform me of the due receipt of my note, and to say that-although that note was the first communication received at Bucharest which contained official information of my appointment, and although the King's "agrément" thereto had not been requested-His Majesty was ready to waive the customary formalities and to receive me, in view of my personality and of the report made about me by the Roumanian minister at Berlin. I replied that, so far as I was aware, it was not the practice of the United States Government to ask for the usual "agrément" in the case of its ministers; that the records failed to show that any request had been made in the case of my several predecessors, and that the American practice was understood and generally reciprocated by those countries which had ministers accredited to the United States residing in Washington. Mr. Ghica, the minister here, said that Mr. Bratiano, the minister of foreign affairs, was probably not acquainted with what I had just told him, and that he would communicate with him at once, but that in my case, in any event, no difficulty would be made. Mr. Ghica then went on to talk about the general relations between the United States and Roumania. He said that the King was especially desirous to have Americans know his country better and that His Majesty hoped to see more of the American ministers in the future than has heretofore been the case. He referred to the feelings of the King and the Roumanian Government with regard to the American minister being instructed to reside at Athens. I explained that Greece was a maritime country, that American naval and merchant vessels visited Greek ports from time to time, and that Greece was. the first of the Balkan States to which an American minister had been sent, and I called attention to the fact that Roumania had no representative, not even a consular officer, in the United States. Mr. Ghica replied that Roumania's financial condition did not admit of her having a large diplomatic service, while the United States is a rich country. He suggested that some one should be left as a chargé d'affaires at Bucharest whenever the minister was not in the Kingdom, so that the legation might have a more permanent character. In reply I called attention to the fact that, from an American point of view, I was present at my post as long as I was in either Greece, Roumania, or Servia, and that consequently I could not leave a chargé at Bucharest while I was at Athens; that when I went on leave of absence the secretary of legation at Athens became, as far as the United States Government is concerned, chargé d'affaires for all three countries, and that Mr. Boxshall, our vice-consul-general at Bucharest, could not be made a chargé, as he suggested, because he was a consular officer and not an American citizen. Mr. Ghica then urged that a secretary of legation should be appointed to reside at Bucharest. I told the minister that I would inform you of what he had said, but that I could not hold out any prospect that any change would be made, as present conditions had existed ever since the accrediting of the first United States minister to Roumania. Personally, I am of the opinion that it would be to our commercial advantage to have separate ministers in the several Balkan States, or, if not in all of them, to have a separate representation in Greece. The projected railways connecting Greece with the rest of Europe are still to a great extent on paper, and when the Greek sections are completed, which may be the case in a few years, there will probably be no connecting link through European Turkey for some time to come. Consequently it takes three or four days to get from Athens to Bucharest or Belgrade, and the connections are so bad that no one is inclined to make the trip more often than is actually necessary. The Roumanians are very sensitive; they are proud of their King, and their relatively stable Government has made them feel superior to the other Balkan peoples; their country needs foreign capital to develop its considerable resources, and American commercial interests are increasing all the time. (Only recently I was applied to by the American representative of a New York firm doing business in the Orient to advocate the appointment of an American consular agent at Galatz, where the British have a consul-general.) Several things have occurred during the past year or two which the Roumanians think would not have occurred if we knew their country better or if they had known and seen more of our accredited representative, and I am sure that it would be to our advantage if we had some kind of per manent diplomatic representation at Bucharest. I have, etc., * f * Mr. Jackson to Mr. Hay. [Telegram.] JOHN B. JACKSON. LEGATION OF THE UNITED STATES, Presented letters. Leave for Belgrade Thursday. JACKSON. Mr. Jackson to Mr. Hay. No. 8, Roumanian series.] LEGATION OF THE UNITED STATES, Athens, April 13, 1903. SIR: I have the honor to confirm the telegram sent you from Bucharest on the 7th instant. I have the honor to report that I left Athens on Friday, March 27, and traveling by the most direct route and with all possible dispatch arrived in Bucharest about noon on Tuesday, March 31. Had it not been for fog in the Black Sea, which prevented our reaching Constanza until after the last train on Monday had left for Bucharest, I might have arrived about twelve hours earlier. On the afternoon of my arrival I called at the foreign office, made the acquaintance of Mr. Bratiano, the minister of foreign affairs, and left a written request. for an audience with the King of Roumania, in order to present my own letter of credence and Mr. Francis's letter of recall. * * Instead of communicating with the court at once, Mr. Bratiano preferred, for some reason, to wait until Saturday, the day of his regular audience with the King, before informing His Majesty officially of my arrival. On Saturday afternoon, however, I received notification that my audience would take place the following Tuesday. Accordingly, on April 7, I had the honor of being received by His Majesty with the customary ceremonial. As no formal speech was required, I made use of the German language, out of personal compliment to the King, who speaks but little if any English, and in handing him my letters I stated that I had been charged to convey to him the President's greetings and the assurance of the best wishes of the United States for the prosperity of Roumania. I said that I had been instructed to endeavor to advance the interests of both countries, and that it would be my duty and my pleasure to do all in my power to strengthen the good understanding which has heretofore existed between the American and Roumanian Governments. The King, in reply, asked me to transmit his "sympathetic greetings" to the President, and extended to me a cordial welcome to Roumania. In the course of the informal conversation which followed His Majesty made certain pleasant personal remarks, and expressed the hope that there would be opportunity for his becoming better acquainted with me than he had been with my recent predecessors. I replied that it was my intention to pass the greater part of the summer in Roumania, at Sinaia, where the court and diplomatic corps usually spend the summer. At this he seemed much pleased. Subsequently I was received by the Queen and by the Prince and Princess of Roumania with the usual formalities. In conversation with members of the diplomatic corps and others, I learned that the King had spoken freely about his wish to see more of the American minister and to have him learn to know Roumania better, and had expressed his satisfaction at hearing that it was my intention to see something of the country. I have, etc., * * * JOHN B. JACKSON. JEWS IN ROUMANIA.α Mr. Hay to Mr. Jackson. No. 1, Roumanian series.] DEPARTMENT OF STATE, SIR: The Department's instruction No. 14, of July 17 last (Roumanian series), to your predecessor, presented for his guidance in the negotiation of a naturalization treaty with Roumania, certain considerations having special reference to the Jews in that country. The refusal of the Roumanian King, reported in Mr. Wilson's unnumbered dispatch of August 6 last (Roumanian series), to consider the project of a naturalization treaty with the United States, made that instruction ineffective. With its No. 15, of August 23 last, same series, the Department inclosed, for the legation's information, a copy of a circular instruction which it addressed, on August 11, 1902, to the diplomatic representatives of the United States to the governments parties to the treaty of Berlin of July 13, 1878, and which they were directed to bring to the attention of the governments concerned, and to commend to their consideration, in the hope that they would take such measures as to them might seem wise to persuade the Government of Roumania to reconsider the subject of the grievances of Jews in that country. It is the President's desire that you should, on your first visit to Roumania, discreetly and cautiously endeavor to learn whether the considerations so presented to them have resulted in any representations to the Roumanian Government by the powers, either separately or jointly, looking to the amelioration of the oppressed condition of the Roumanian Jews and the observance of the principles of the Berlin treaty. The matter is one in which the President has deep interest, and the Department would be pleased to have you furnish it with all information in this regard which you may be able to confidentially gather. I am, etc., JOHN HAY. Mr. Jackson to Mr. Hay. No. 7, Roumanian series.] LEGATION OF THE UNITED STATES, SIR: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt, on the 19th instant, of your instruction No. 1, Roumanian series, of March 5. It so happened that I was in charge of our embassy at Berlin at the time the Department's circular instruction of August 11 last was received, and consequently it fell to me to communicate its contents to the German foreign office. If I remember correctly, Baron Richthofen said that the matter would receive the attention which its importance warranted, or words to that effect. Subsequently I understood that immediately after the same instruction had been communicated to the foreign office at London, the British Government, without in any way making known its own views contained therein, had addressed a com a See Foreign Relations, 1902, page 910 et seq. |