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2. I therefore summon you to surrender to me forthwith the Town of Apia, .and the Imperial possessions under your control. 3. An answer must be delivered within hall an hour to the bearer. 4. Wireless communications are to cease instantly or fire will be, opened on the station. 5. If no answer is received to this letter, or if the answer is in the negative, the cruisers have orders to cover the landing-parties with their guns: I have, &C, George E.. Patey, Rear-Admiral Commanding Ships and Vessels of the Allied, Fleets. His Excellency the Governor, the Imperial Station, Apia.

Enclosure 2 in. No. 13. Translation of Letter from Acting Governor of Samoa. Your Excellency,— 30th August, 191.4. I have the honour to reply as follows, on behalf of the Imperial Governor : — According to the principles of the rights of nations, especially the agreements of the Second Hague Peace Conference, the bombardment of our (said ? ) harbours and protectorates is forbidden, also the threat to do so. I therefore respectfully protest against Your Excellency's proposal. For the rest, to avoid the military measures which you propose, I have given orders for the wireless-telegraph station to be packed up, and that no resistance is to be offered. I leave it to Your Excellency to take possession of the Protectorate of Samoa, and respectfully remark that the responsibility for the life and property of the European population must rest with you. I have, &c, S. N. Rimburg, Acting-Governor. His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief ot the Allied Fleets.

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