Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 3, 1900

Mr. Griscom to Mr. Hay.

[Telegram.—Paraphrase.]

Legation of the United States,
Constantinople, June 15, 1900.

[Mr. Griscom reports that he is assured by the secretary of the Sultan that indemnity claims will be settled within three or four months, that some indirect method of payment is referred to, and that he has requested an official answer from the minister for foreign affairs.]