Show AN INQUIRY ANSWERED COPIES OF LETTERS ARE SENT TO THE HOUSE They Were on File in the State De partmant and Were from American Citizens in South Africa Washinglon April 17Time President today transmitted to the Rouse a reply to time House resolution of Inquiry asking ask-ing for copies of tellers on file al time State departmenl from citizens of time United States resident In the South African republic I The lellcrs called for dale from January Jan-uary 3 1SU9 Secretary Hay In his letter lo time President Inclosing the correspondence says The only complaint within the de scrlpllon of the resolution which has I been dlreclly llled in the department la thai of R F Brown who July 15 1890 I preferred a claim against time South African republic In the sum of lSlJ I SI on account of alleged illegal re I fuse I to renew a mining lease lime i olhiM eomplainls of the described char 1 actor have been transmllled to the DO j partition I of Stale by the United States 1 consul i at Pretoria with whom they i were lodged The Ii mst complaint t In I this t correspondence corre-spondence consisted Of u letter of cx onsul Mucrum under date of Jan G 18U to Assistant Secrelnry Hill Irans milllng the t eomplalnl of Mr l II A lucscr thai lie was nol pennlUod to practice medicine In Johannesburg In fact was forced lo abandon a large and lucrative practice i because of the action of the medical authorities Assistant Secretary fridler replied under date of Feb 18 1SS 1 > thai any con mm LII I hutch Ire rlghl lo prescribe time qualifications of medical prnellllon and If Di Looser did not see lit lo i comply with time requirements the de parlmenl saw no ground for ncllon Sept U ISOD Mr rrldler forwarded the allestution by the Stale of New York n license to Mr Looser to practice hoping It would beof service in securing secur-ing his reglstrulion ns a physician Extended Ex-tended correspondence with Stale Secretary Sec-retary Reltz html without apparent definite def-inite results followed Assistant Secretary Orldler wrote lo Consul Alacrum March IS 1S09 approving i approv-ing a demand made for time Immediate I return of property taken from Mr Nel KOII Thompson but directing that no further decisive acllon be taken until the facts were learned and reported On April 1 Mr Macrum wrote that certainly a halt should be called on sich aollon especially lo American citizens A letter from Thompson tho claimant to Mr Mnrruin slnlcs that lift will appeal to the South African league for assistance It no other redress re-dress Is given On July 6lh last Mr Maerum wrote of a uplrlied conlroversy wllh the acting foreign Hecrolary In which the hatter apologized for the actIon of a field cornel cor-nel against an American citizen Jo sppli F Gezzum The hitler on seeking I lo register was told hal he mtisl state J I his choice between serving the South African republic or Great Britain incase In-case of war lie declined and time field cornel attempted 10 coerce him finally putting Gezzam down aa unwilling lo serve Iho republic and notifying him thai In case of war all neutrals would be driven out of the country Foreign Secretary Grobler later wrote an apology apol-ogy and condemnation of Field Cornet FourlcBs course Mr Macrum writes that such an example will be made of the erring field cornel thai In time ftilure men In thai ofllce will be docld ipdly careful in their aclions especially Howard Americans A hater lellou from Foreign Secretary Grobler is given ox plain imig the affair in detail and expressing ex-pressing regret On Aug 23rd Acting Secretary A loo cabled Secretary Hay that over 1000 Amei leans are liable to bo Impressed Into service in case ot war which appears ap-pears imminent omniunlcatlon < will be destroyed Slrong representations should be made by this Government immediately to protect life property and dignity of American citizens 1 On Aug Jrd Acting Secretary Adee replied by cable as follows If It bo conies necessary protest against Im ipiessmenl of American eltixens found in Transvaal territory Into mllilary service defensive or offensive against any civilized power unless such olt lcns have exercised pollllcal privileges privi-leges and assumed pollllcal obllgallons Inward tIme Government Impressing tim e mum Tills appears lo have borne good results re-sults ns a decree soon followed forbidding forbid-ding commandeering of aliens |