Show REQUEST FOR MEDIATION1 I Correspondence on Subject Trans mitted to the Senate Washington March 15Tn response to a resolution the President today sent to the Senate the correspondence relat lug to the requests for mediation in South Africa The first document Is a dispatch from Pretoria dated March 10th which stales Am ofllclally requester by the Gov ernments of the republics to urge your intervention with view to cessation of hostilities similar request made to rep resentatives of European powers an swer confirm receipt AMERICAN CONSUL i MR HAY RESPONDED Your telegram asking oJIlces of the I United States to bring about the cessa I lion of hostilities has been made e sub ject of friendly British Govern inca communication t with expressions to tho I of Presidents earnest hope for pence 1 11A1 MESSAGE TO WiIJTE Secretary Hay telegraphed Mr White l secretary of the American n7 embassy London BywayoC ot IICCH friendly good of you will inform British h Minium for Foreign Affairs that Inm lOlll today In recoliji of ft receipt tClcgranifrjn the Unite 11I I cl I States Consul at l Pretoria rcprcsciuTnL J c I i df 3 4 7 I I cE that the Governments of the two African Afri-can republics request Presidents Intervention Inter-vention with A view oC a cessation of hostilities and that u similar request la I made to representatives of European powers In communicating this request I am directed by the President to express ex-press his earnest hope that a way to I 1 bring about peace may be found and to say that he would be glad to old In any friendly manner to promote yo happy a i result HAY TTTTV1S REPLY Mr While replied to Secretary Hay under date of March 13th I communicated com-municated yesterday to the Under Secretary Sec-retary for Foreign Affairs IUl InS been unablo to see Lord Salisbury the contents con-tents of your telegram of the 10th Inst Today I have had an Interview with his lordship who requested me to ii tho President for the friendly interest shown by him and adds that her Ma jestys Government cannot accept the intervention of any power WHITE ADVISED OF DECLINATION I Mr Hay telegraphed the Consul at Pretoria under date of March 11th the I following Your communication of request re-quest of republics for Intervention of President to cause cessation of hostilities hostili-ties was at once conveyed to British Government with expressions of Presi dents gratification could he aid to promote pro-mote peace Our embassy at London replied that Lord Salisbury thanks the President for friendly interest shown and adds that her Majesty Government Govern-ment cannot accept the Intervention of any other power HAY The Presidents message is simply one of Iransmlttal > ter A jT7 4fhi1 j k k r t F vI 4 i lK S iI i v kj4 m irA J J < < i i 5 rrI i zr 1 Th 4 4 I cJ V f I i I If R 1 ii1t 1 1 t I l p L EiY A I z5 1 ° If II I IPtIA1il I I tt ti I t I I k 1 I I 1 I S J I C J I KingWell Oom how are you getting long over there I Oom PauIThc campaign is turning out disastrously Too I much Roberts mixed up in it I KingI I sympathize old man There is too much of it over here I |