Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 5, 1898

Mr. Pierce to Mr. Hay.

[Telegram.]

Embassy of the United States,
St. Petersburg, February 16, 1899.

Count Mouravieff informs me Russian Government awaiting our reply to the second and third notes relating to disarmament conference; topics suggested in the second note should be regarded as tentative, subject to debate, and will not be insisted upon by Russia. Is the Government of the United States favorable to the proposition of second note, and to The Hague as the place to hold conference? The majority of foreign powers have replied favorably to both notes.

Pierce.