"(I) The election, whether after examination or otherwise, of qualified students to the scholarships, or any of them, and the method, whether by examination or otherwise, in which their qualifications are to be ascertained; "(II) The tenure of the scholarships by scholars; "(III) The suspension and removal of scholars from their scholarships; "IV) The method and times of payment of the scholarships; (V) The method of giving effect to my wish expressed in clause 28 hereof; and "(VI) Any and every other matter with regard to the scholarships, or any of them, with regard to which they shall consider regulations necessary or desirable. "31. My trustees may from time to time authorize regulations with regard to the election, whether after examination or otherwise, of qualified students for scholarships and to the method, whether by examination or otherwise, in which their qualifications are to be ascertained to be made: "(I) By a school in respect of the scholarships tenable by its students; and "(II) By the minister aforesaid of a colony, province, State, or Territory in respect of the scholarships tenable by students from such colony, province, State, or Territory. "32. Regulations made under the last preceding clause hereof, if and when approved of, and not before, by my trustees, shall be equivalent in all respects to regulations made by my trustees. No regulations made under clause 30 or made and approved of under clauses 31 and 32 hereof shall be inconsistent with any of the provisions herein contained. "In order that the scholars past and present may have opportunities of meeting and discussing their experiences and prospects, I desire that my trustees shall annually give a dinner to the past and present scholars able and willing to attend, at which I hope my trustees, or some of them, will be able to be present, and to which they will, I hope, from time to time invite as guests persons who have shown sympathy with the views expressed by me in this, my will." The trustees are the Earl of Rosebery, Earl Grey, Lord Milner, Mr. Alfred Beit, Dr. Leander Starr Jameson, Mr. Lewis Loyd Mitchell, and Mr. Bourchier Francis Hawksley. No. 952.] Mr. Hay to Mr. Choate. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, SIR: I have to acknowledge the receipt of your No. 883, of the 19th ultimo, inclosing copy of a letter from Mr. Hawksley, one of the trustees of the will of the late Cecil John Rhodes, together with the provisions of the will relating to the establishment of scholarships at Oxford for students from the British colonies and the United States. I have caused the inclosures to your dispatch to be printed, and have communicated them to the governors of the States and Territories, to the end that the views of the chief officials having control of education in the various States and Territories may be obtained and communicated to the trustees, as requested by Mr. Hawksley. I have also sent a copy of the print to the Commissioner of Education for an expression of his views. CONDOLENCES ON ILLNESS OF KING EDWARD VII. President Roosevelt to King Edward VII. [Telegram.] WHITE HOUSE, Washington, June 24, 1902. I ask Your Majesty to accept my sincere assurance of sympathy and wishes for speedy convalescence. THEODORE ROOSEVELT. Queen Alexandra to President Roosevelt. [Telegram.] LONDON, July 4, 1902. The King is most grateful for kind sympathy; is, thank God, going on very favorably now. Mr. Raikes to Mr. Hill. ALEXANDRA. No. 184.] BRITISH EMBASSY, SIR: The King, my august sovereign, has been greatly moved by the numerous expressions of good will on the part of foreign nations and Governments which have reached him during his illness. The Marquis of Lansdowne has accordingly directed me, by His Majesty's command, to assure you that His Majesty and the Queen are very sensible of the interest displayed in his condition throughout the world, and deeply appreciate the sympathetic inquiries after his health which have been addressed to his representatives abroad as well as those which have been made by the representatives of the powers at his own court. It was with profound regret that His Majesty was compelled to allow the special envoys who had been sent at great trouble to represent their countries at His Majesty's coronation to leave England without offering them his thanks in person for the compliment which their appointment conveyed. His Majesty feels this all the more as the postponement of the ceremony renders it unlikely that they will be able to take a part in it. I have, etc., ARTHUR S. RAIKES. PROTECTION BY UNITED STATES CONSUL OF BRITISH INTERESTS AT MARTINIQUE. No. 165.] Mr. Raikes to Mr. Hay. BRITISH EMBASSY, Washington, June 27, 1902. SIR: I have the honor to inform you that I have received a dispatch from the Marquis of Lansdowne stating that the United States consul at Guadeloupe, who is now at Martinique, has undertaken the protection of British interests at that place in the absence of any representative of His Majesty's Government. I have the honor, by direction of the Marquis of Lansdowne, to express to your Government the cordial thanks of His Majesty's Government for this friendly action, and to request that you will be so good as to convey them to the United States consul at Martinique. I have, etc., No. 2485.] ARTHUR S. RAIKES. Mr. Hay to Mr. Raikes. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, July 3, 1902. SIR: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note, No. 165, of the 27th ultimo, and to say in reply that it has given the Department pleasure to forward to the United States consul at Martinique a copy of your note expressing the thanks of His Majesty's Government for Mr. Ayme's action in undertaking, during the absence of any representative of His Majesty's Government at that place, to protect British interests there. I have, etc., JOHN HAY. Mr. Hill to Mr. Raikes. No. 2502.] DEPARTMENT OF STATE, SIR: I have the honor to inclose for your information a copy of a dispatch (written in Washington) from the consul of the United States in Gaudeloupe, giving a general account of his acts performed for British subjects after the distressing death of His Majesty's consul at Martinique, the late James Japp. I have, etc., DAVID J. HILL, [Inclosure.] Mr. Ayme to the Department of State. CONSULATE OF THE UNITED STATES, GUADELOUPE, SIR: I have the honor to report that while assuming charge of British interests in Martinique, from May 11 to June 9, in the absence of any diplomatic or consular officer of Great Britain in that colony, consul Japp having perished in the catastrophe of May 8, which destroyed St. Pierre, I performed the following official acts and services: I viséed manifests and gave vessels bound for British ports certificates to take the place of bills of health. These services were rendered gratis, no fee being charged or collected. May 17, with a guide, I went to the ruins of the British consulate, and there found remains believed to be those of Consul James Japp. I provided a metallic casket, incased in wood, and an attempt was made May 19 to recover the body. Captain Campbell, of H. B. M. cruiser Indefatigable, accompanied the expedition, and has doubtless reported fully to his Government in the matter. I endeavored to assist and ameliorate the condition of such British subjects as I found in the hospitals, particularly C. C. Evans, of Montreal, Canada, and little Margaret Stokes and her nurse, Clara King, both of Barbados. Mr. Evans was taken to New York, May 31, on the U. S. S. Dixie, through the kindness of Captain Berry and the officers of that vessels, who assumed all expenses connected therewith, mess bills, etc. Margaret Stokes, a 9-year old child, was the sole surviving member of a family of four, her mother, sister, and brother having perished on the Roraima. That she was saved was due first to the devotion of her nurse, Clara King, and subsequently to the bravery and devotion of Lieutenant Du Plessis of the French vessel of war Suchet. This gentleman personally rescued both child and nurse from the blazing wreck of the Roraima; he gave them his cabin and was assiduous in his attentions to them; when they were transferred to the hospice at Fort de France he made daily visits there, devoting his whole shore leave to these visits, as the hospice is a considerable distance from the landing pier. He brought them fruit and other delicacies, and all of these acts were performed so modestly and quietly that I did not learn of them for many days. When the little girl's uncle, Mr. J. S. Croney, of Barbados, came to take her away I took him on board the Suchet. In addition to Mr. Croney's thanks I, as acting British representative, had Lieutenant Du Plessis summoned to the captain's cabin and formally thanked him for his kindly and gracious conduct, adding that, if possible for me so to do, I would communicate my action to His British Majesty's Government, which would doubtless amply confirm and approve it. I must also report that Mr. Croney was called upon to pay hospital expenses amounting to $64; $1 a day for child and nurse, each, for twenty-eight days and $8 for a special English-speaking attendant I found it necessary to employ. Mr. Croney was much annoyed at being called upon to pay the hospital bill. The following day the mayor of Fort de France returned the money with an ample explanation and many regrets that the error of charging anything should have occurred. I have forwarded the money to Mr. Croney, who is a very well to do, if not wealthy, merchant and Government contractor of Barbados. When leaving Martinique I informed the acting governor that until His Britannic Majesty's Government should act there was no official or acting representative thereof in the colony. It is a matter of deep regret to me that I could not succeed in rescuing the remains of our late consul nor any of the archives of the consulate. All were buried under many feet of volcanic mud and ejecta. The courteous message of the governor of the Windward Islands, and still more the appreciative note forwarded to me from the Marquis of Lansdowne through His Britannic Majesty's embassy in this capital, are ample reward for the slight services I may have been able to render. I have, etc., LOUIS H. AYME, United States Consul. Mr. Raikes to Mr. Hill. BRITISH EMBASSY, SIR: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note No. 2502, of the 25th instant, in which you are good enough to forward a copy of a dispatch addressed to you by the United States consul at Guadeloupe, giving a general account of the acts performed by him for British subjects on the occasion of the late disaster at Martinique, in the absence of any British representative in that island. I have the honor to express to you my sincere thanks for this interesting communication, a copy of which I have forwarded to His Majesty's principal secretary of state for foreign affairs. I have, etc., ARTHUR S. RAIKES. PROTECTION OF AN AMERICAN CITIZEN BY BRITISH VICECONSUL AT VAN, TURKEY. No. 953.] Mr. Hay to Mr. Choate. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, SIR: I inclose copies of two dispatches from the consul of the United States at Erzerum, setting forth that Mr. H. E. Satow, His Majesty's acting vice-consul at Van, kindly undertook to look after the interests of Dr. C. D. Ussher, an American citizen at Van, who, after treating a corporal of the Hamidieh Cavalry, was charged with hastening the corporal's death, the latter having died on account of no fault of the doctor. You will bring this to the attention of His Majesty's Government and express this Government's appreciation of Mr. Satow's kindness and efficient aid. SIR: I have the honor to forward, for your information, a copy of a communication received last evening from Mr. H. E. Satow, the British acting vice-consul at Van, stating that Dr. C. D. Ussher, of the American mission at Van, had been summoned before the examining court on the criminal charge of having hastened the death of a corporal of Hamidieh Cavalry. The man was brought to Dr. Ussher suffering from an affliction of the brain, caused by a blow from a stone. The operation of trepanning was successfully performed, and all would have gone well had the man not persisted in thrusting his hand underneath the bandages. This caused suppuration, and death resulted. The charge of hastening the natural causes of death, which has been brought by the relatives of the deceased, being entirely without foundation, as Mr. Satow writes, I thought that the governor-general might, upon receiving a full explanation of the case, order the action quashed, as he can legally do, and I therefore telegraphed Mr. Satow as follows: "Action Ussher case heartily approved. Since no ground for complaint exists, would vali not quash action upon receiving full explanation of case? If not, kindly send me certified copy of charge." From Dr. Ussher I have heard nothing. A copy of Mr. Satow's dispatch I have forwarded to the consulate-general for transmission to the legation. I am, etc., LEO BERGHOLZ, Consul. [Subinclosure.] Mr. Satow to Mr. Bergholz. VAN, May 12, 1902. SIR: I have the honor to inform you that an American citizen, Dr. C. D. Ussher, of the American mission, has been summoned to appear before the Istintak court of this town on a criminal charge. The facts of the case are as follows: Last summer a corporal of Hamidieh Cavalry, by name Tahir, son of Aziz, resident in the village of Rikava, in the Norduz Nahieh |