whenever convenient to him, and I would beg your kind offices in making an appointment for that purpose. Permit me to explain that the dates for being in Washington, as given in the itinerary, were suggested by the knowledge that the President would be there about that time, but in any case, the Crown Prince would be most happy to hold himself at the President's disposal in the arrangement of time and place. I beg further to inclose a list of His Royal Highness's party for your information. I have, etc., [Inclosure 1.] AKHARAJ VARADHARA. Programme of the private tour of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Siam through the United States. Arriving by the German mail steamer Kaiser Wilhelm der Grösse, from Cherbourg September 30 or October 1, will spend three days in New York, including West Point; visit Newport October 4, thence to Boston October 5 and 6 to see Harvard and inspect factories in the vicinity; arrive at Washington in the morning of October 7; at the service of the President on October 7 and 8; proceed to Philadelphia October 9 for six days, including a personal visit to Mr. William Potter. On October 16 start on the main tour in a special train to visit in order the following cities and places of interest: Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Pittsburg, Indianapolis, St. Louis, Chicago, St. Paul, Yellowstone Park, Butte copper mines, Salt Lake City, Glenwood Springs, Colorado Springs, Pikes Peak, Cripple Creek gold mines, Santa Fe, the Indian pueblos of New Mexico, Grand Canyon of the Colorado, Los Angeles, Pasadena wineries, San Diego, Coronado Beach, Santa Barbara, Del Monte, San José, Lick Observatory, San Francisco, and Yosemite Valley. In all probability the Prince will sail from San Francisco. Siamese Legation, Washington, July 30, 1902. [Inclosure 2.] List of the Crown Prince of Siam's party who will visit the United States. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Siam. Colonel Phya Rajavallobh, first aid-de-camp. His Royal Highness Prince Chakrabongse, brother of the Crown Prince. Siamese Legation, Washington, July 30, 1902. No. 7.] Mr. Adee to Mr. Akharaj. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, SIR: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 31st ultimo advising this Department of the approaching visit of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Siam to the United States. In reply I beg to say that I have forwarded copies of your note and its inclosures to the President for an expression of his pleasure in regard to the date of his reception of the Crown Prince. Accept, etc., ALVEY A. ADEE. His Majesty Chulalongkorn to President Roosevelt. [Telegram.] BANGKOK, October 13, 1902. I learned with pleasure the cordial reception you have kindly accorded to my son, the Crown Prince, in your country. Pray accept my warmest thanks and the assurance of my sincere friendship. CHULALONGKORN, R. President Roosevelt to the King of Siam. [Telegram.] WHITE HOUSE, Washington, October 15, 1902. It has been a great pleasure to me to meet your son, not only on account of my regard and esteem for Your Majesty, but also because of the attractive character of the Crown Prince. THEODORE ROOSEVELT. The Crown Prince of Siam to President Roosevelt. [Telegram.] SUMAS, WASH., November 30, 1902. Having completed a most interesting tour through the United States, I now beg to take leave of Your Excellency, and to express my heartiest appreciation and gratitude for the very hospitable reception so kindly accorded to me by you and by the officials and the citizens of this friendly country. I assure you that I bear home with me the happiest memories of America and the Americans. MAHA VAJIRAVUDH. Mr. Hay to Mr. King. No. 96.] DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, December 5, 1902. SIR: I inclose herewith for your information a copy of a telegram," dated at Sumas, State of Washington, November 30, 1902, addressed by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Siam to the President, expressing his thanks for the hospitalities shown him during his recent visit to the United States. You will say to the Siamese Government that the President cordially appreciates and reciprocates the kind sentiments expressed by His Royal Highness. I am, etc., a Printed, ante. JOHN HAY. ACCIDENT TO PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT. Mr. Akharaj to Mr. Hay. SIAMESE LEGATION, East Gloucester, Mass., September 4, 1902. SIR: Permit me to express to you, on behalf of my Government and the members of the legation, their sincere gratification at the President's most happy escape from serious injury in yesterday's alarming accident. We heartily regret that he should have received even slight injury, and sincerely hope that he will speedily recover from the effects of the shock he must have experienced on that regrettable occasion. I have, etc., AKHARAJ VARADHARA. Mr. Adee to Mr. Akharaj. No. 8.] DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, September 11, 1902. SIR: Acknowledging the receipt of your note of the 4th instant, I have the honor to inform you that I am charged by the President to say that he appreciates sincerely the gratification which the Government of Siam and the members of the Siamese legation have expressed at his recent escape from serious injury. He directs me to express his thanks for the kind sentiments expressed in your note. Accept, etc., ALVEY A. ADEE, Acting Secretary. SPAIN. MILITARY-SERVICE CASE OF ANTONIO GISBERT Y BAYOT. No. 634.] Mr. Storer to Mr. Hay. LEGATION OF THE UNITED STATES, SIR: Owing to the fact that I have been personally confined to my room for ten days, I have not reported as yet a matter as to which my advice had been asked by the consul-general at Barcelona, which I have the honor now to do. It seems that on the 27th day of November, 1901, Mrs. Carmen Bayot, together with her son, Mr. Antonio Gisbert y Bayot, addressed themselves to the consulate-general, with each of them a "cedula," issued by the authorities of the United States, of the province of Manila, on the 1st day of January, 1900. The young man is correctly described therein as having been born in Manila, as 18 years of age, single, occupation that of a mechanic, residing in Cabilde, Manila. Both of these "cedulas" were issued by the first lieutenant of the Thirty-seventh Infantry, collector of internal revenues-the name is not distinguishable. The young man was also bearer of his birth certificate, duly authenticated; and on the 27th November, 1901, demanded to be registered as a United States citizen at the consulate-general. The consul-general, in view of your instruction No. 283, dated January 16, 1901, declined to consider himself authorized to do more than to visé the "cedula" and the birth certificate, which he then did under the seal of the consulate-general. Notwithstanding this, the Spanish authorities, in the last drawing of the conscription list for service in the Spanish army, insisted on including the name of the young man; and he has, I am informed, been definitely drawn and will be held for service. The consul-general wrote me, asking instructions by telegraph from me, as to whether he should make a formal protest within the time fixed by the Spanish law for the filing of such protest; and I was able to do no more, under the circumstances narrated, than telegraph him so to do. He informs me that he has made such a protest; that no answer thereto has been received, but that he learned that the Spanish authorities do not contest in any way the fact of the birth and citizenship of the young man, but will claim that as he was not "registered at the consulate as an American citizen" they were not obliged to exempt him. I report this case as it up to this time has been made known to me, and will inform the Department at once of the official ground which a See Foreign Relations, 1901, page 462. may be taken by the Spanish Government in their reply to the protest of the consul-general. In the meantime, In the meantime, * * ** I think I had better receive from the Department instructions either to proceed directly through the ministry of state in this matter or to await further developments, as your judgment may decide. I have, etc., BELLAMY STORER. No. 642.] Mr. Storer to Mr. Hay. LEGATION OF THE UNITED STATES, SIR: Continuing the report to the Department made by myself in my dispatch No. 634, bearing date February 26, 1902, concerning the action of the Spanish authorities in the case of Mr. Antonio Gisbert y Bayot, I have the honor to transmit herewith copy of an official letter received this morning from the consul-general at Barcelona. CONSULATE-GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES. SIR: Referring to my letters of the 10th and 14th ultimo, relating to the case of enlistment in the Spanish army of Antonio Gisbert y Bayot, I have now the honor to report the receipt of two letters of the 27th and 28th February from the "Comision Mixta" of Barcelona, informing me that until Gisbert and his mother can show their actual place of residence on the 11th April, 1899, the date of ratification of the treaty of peace, the said Gisbert can not leave Barcelona without depositing 1,500 pesetas with the civil governor. Although Gisbert has diplomas and registers from the schools and colleges in Manila showing that he attended these colleges regularly between 1892 and March, 1900, and the certificate of registration issued by the United States military authorities in Manila to his mother and himself, his mother does not seem to be able to produce satisfactory evidence that she resided in Manila on the above-mentioned date. She sails to-day for Manila and will send from there the necessary proofs of residence to her son here, who expects they will reach him in time to get away in three months. I have, etc., JULIUS G. LAY. Mr. Hay to Mr. Storer. No. 423.] DEPARTMENT OF STATE, SIR: I inclose a copy of No. 208, of the 18th ultimo, from the United States consul-general at Barcelona. It appears from this dispatch that one Antonio Gisbert y Bayot, a native inhabitant of the Philippine Islands, presented on November 27 last to the consul-general a certificate of registration issued to him on January 1, 1900, by the United States military authorities at Manila. |