Ambassador Wright to the Secretary of State.
Tokyo, November 10, 1906.
(Ambassador Wright reports that Mr. Ramsden, Cuban consul-general at Yokohama, has applied to the Japanese Government for exequatur and that the latter replies setting forth that our Government in 1902, with the consent of the Japanese Government, authorized our consuls to represent Cuban interests in Japan until the appointment of Cuban consuls; that the President of Cuba, whose commission Ramsden bears, has resigned his office, and that Cuba is now under a provisional government, established by the United States, and that under the circumstances named the Japanese Government declines to recognize Cuban consuls until a permanent and independent government has been established in Cuba and the good offices now exercised by consuls have been formally dispensed with. He adds that Mr. Ramsden submitted to the Japanese Government with his application for exequatur the decree of Secretary Taft, confirming in their positions Cuban diplomatic agents and consuls, with [Page 1020] the result as already stated, and now asks Ambassador Wright to assist him in inducing the Japanese Government to grant exequatur to him. Before acting, Ambassador Wright requests instructions.)