No. 258.
Mr. De Long to Mr. Fish.
Yokohama, May 8, 1873. (Received June 9.)
Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your instructions No. 175, of the 26th of February, 182 of the 10th of March, and 187 of the 21st of March last, relative to the Japanese-Peruvian matter.
[Page 586]I read your No. 187 to the Peruvian minister, who expressed his entire satisfaction therewith. I then waited upon the Japanese minister and did the same.
He requested a copy, which I declined to give, on the ground that I had no instructions to do so, but I allowed him to make copious notes.
He expressed himself as deeply grateful for the kind assurances contained in your instructions. He complimented me upon my action in having anticipated your wishes by pursuing the course which I had already done, and remarked that he should call upon me freely in future, as he had done in the past, if any assistance was required.
No reply having been obtained from Mr. Soyeshima, the situation remains unchanged, and as it was at the date of my No. 381 on this subject. * * * * * * *
Deeply grateful for the approval contained in your No. 182, I beg to assure you that I shall labor to merit a continuance of your good opinion, and that in all I have done, or shall hereafter do, I shall not fail to vigorously oppose any effort, on the part of any man or nation, to establish or carry on a cooly traffic.
I have, &c.,