Mr. King to Mr.
Hay.
Legation of the United States,
Bangkok, June 17,
1902.
Sir: On May 25 the following cablea
was received and transmitted at once to the foreign office.
I have to-day received a reply to the same, a copy of which I
inclose.
I have, etc.,
Hamilton King, Minister Resident.
[Inclosure.]
The Minister for Foreign
Affairs to Mr. King.
Foreign Office,
Bangkok, June 13,
1902.
Monsieur le Ministre: I have the honor to
acknowledge receipt of your letter of the 3d instant, in which you
inform me that on May 20 the United States withdrew all its forces,
both civil and military, from the island of Cuba, and on that date
Cuba was declared independent nation under a republican form of
government.
And you further inform me of the message which you received from your
Government to the effect that you are instructed, at the request of
the President of Cuba, to ask the Government of Siam to permit
United States consular officers within its jurisdiction to use their
good offices in representation of the interests of Cuba and of its
citizens until Cuban consuls shall have been appointed.
In taking note of your above communication, I beg to state that there
is no treaty between this country and Cuba, so that no right of
extraterritoriality is granted, but His Majesty’s Government have no
objection against United States consular officers using their good
offices in the interests of the Cuban citizens, so far as recognized
generally by the law of nations.
I avail, etc.,
Devawongse, Minister for Foreign Affairs.
