No. 121.
Mr. Lowell
to Mr. Frelinghuysen
.
Legation of
the United States,
London
,
April 21, 1882.
(Received May 3.)
No. 346.]
Sir: I have the honor to acquaint you that
immediately after receiving your No. 333 of the 17th of March, in relation
to the case of Mr. James L. White, I addressed a letter to Lord Granville
upon the subject, and I have just now received his answer, informing me of
the discharge of Mr. White. I inclose a copy of this correspondence.
I have, &c.,
[Inclosure 1 in No. 346.]
Mr. Lowell to Lord
Granville.
Legation of” the United States,
London
,
March 28,
1882.
My Lord: I have the honor to acquaint you that
I have to-day received a dispatch from Mr. Frelinghuysen instructing me
to inquire into the circumstances attending the arrest of Mr. James L.
White, a naturalized American citizen, who has been for some months
imprisoned in Naas jail in Ireland under the so-called “coercion act” on
a charge of being reasonably suspected” of offenses against this
act.
Mr. N. P. Hill, a Senator of the United States from the State of
Colorado, has represented to the Secretary that Mr. White was for two
years a member of the city council of Denver in that State, and is said
to be a peaceable, quiet man, well disposed toward good government. He
left Denver about the 22d day of July, 1878, and returned to Ireland for
the purpose of visiting his aged father and staying with him, the
remainder [Page 230] of his life. Very
respectable persons in Denver offer to vouch for the intelligence,
sobriety, and integrity of Mr. White.
I have the honor to ask your lordship that inquiries may be made into the
circumstances attending the arrest of Mr. White, and if it shall appear
that there has been any mistake or undue severity in his case that he
may be released or granted a speedy trial.
I have, &c.,
[Inclosure 2 in No. 346.]
Lord Granville to
Mr. Lowell.
Foreign
Office
,
April 19,
1882.
Pressing.]
Sir: With reference to my letter of the 29th
ultimo, respecting the case of Mr. James L. White, a naturalized
American citizen, who has been in custody under the protection of person
and property (Ireland) act, 1881, I have the honor now to state to you
that I am informed that after causing careful inquiry to be made, orders
were given by the lord lieutenant of Ireland for the discharge of this
prisoner.
I have the honor further to observe, with reference to the last paragraph
of your letter of the 28th ultimo, that his excellency has satisfied
himself that there was no mistake whatever in the arrest of Mr. White,
and that no undue severity was exercised towards him while in custody;
but that, on the contrary, he was last month released on parole for ten
days, on account of the illness of a relative.
I have, &c.,
