Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 5, 1899

Mr. Hay to Mr. Draper.

[Telegram.]

Department of State,
Washington, December 8, 1899.

Your confidential dated yesterday received. Ellis Island bureau will be discontinued January 1, for administrative reasons. This Government thinks it not expedient to reconsider its action.

Hay.