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

Mr. Toomey to Mr. Hay.

[Telegram.]

New York, January 10, 1900.

Please note seized flour was sold by us delivered Delagoa Bay, therefore our property until obligation delivery fulfilled irrespective drafts made against same.

Some drafts already returned unpaid, leaving flour on our hands in critical position, even if released by British Government.

A. J. Toomey, President.