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

Mr. Choate to Mr. Hay.

[Telegram in cipher.]

Embassy of the United States,
London, January 15, 1900.

[Paraphrase.]

[Mr. Choate reports that the question of the ownership of the Mashona’s cargo was embarrassed by the fact that the British foreign office was advised that the vessel had no manifest, and inquires as to the correctness of this advice.]