Mr. Mutsu to Mr.
Blaine.
Legation of Japan,
Washington, March 27, 1889.
(Received March 29).
Sir: I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your
note of this date, in which you inform me that to-morrow you will be
prepared to deliver to me a check for $15,000, being the amount
appropriated by Congress to be paid to the Japanese Government on
account of injuries caused to Japanese subjects by explosion of shells
from the United States steamer Omaha, and to say
that I shall be gratified to receive the same, and to transmit to my
Government.
I am, etc.,
receipt for the indemnity.
Know all men that I, the undersigned, Munemitsu Mutsu, envoy
extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of his Imperial Majesty,
the Emperor of Japan, to the United States, having been duly and
specially empowered thereunto, do hereby acknowledge that I have
this day received from thd Hon. James G. Blaine, Secretary of State
of the United States, in the name and on behalf of the Government of
Japan, the sum of $15,000, which was appropriated by an Act of
Congress, approved February 26, 1889, to be paid to the Japanese
Government for distribution among the families of Japanese subjects
accidentally killed or injured by explosion of shells from the U. S.
S. Omaha while near the island of Ikesima, on
the 4th of March, 1887.
In witness whereof, and full discharge
and acquittance of and for the said payment, I have hereunto set
my hand and official seal, at the city of Washington,
District of Columbia, this 28th day of March, A. D.
1889.
[
seal.]
M. Mutsu.
