Mr. Hitchcock to Mr. Day.
St. Petersburg, September 8, 1898.
Sir: I have the honor to report having on yesterday afternoon read Mr. Moore’s telegram dated the 6th instant, the receipt of which was acknowledged by my No. 143, dated the 7th instant, to the Imperial Minister of Foreign Affairs, Count Mouravieff, who requested me to convey to the President his sincere thanks and high appreciation for his cordial concurrence in the spirit of the proposal of His Imperial Majesty, as well as for his expressed intention to send a representative to the international conference.
At the request of his excellency, I left a copy of the telegram with him for repetition by wire to His Imperial Majesty the Emperor, who is now at the Crimea.
I also availed of the opportunity to read to his excellency a copy of my telegram to you dated the 3d instant, which he affirmed as an entirely correct summary of the lengthened interview I had just had with him with reference to the proposed international conference.
I have, etc.,