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—Paraphase.]

American Embassy,
London, March 6, 1900.

(Mr. Choate reports that Sir Alfred Milner, high commissioner for South Africa, cables to Lord Salisbury that in the consul-general’s first list of property of American citizens many consignments are claimed by other persons; that in the second list, which does not state the names of the owners, two consignments are claimed by a Russian subject. Mr. Choate thinks the discharge of the vessel would be expedited if shippers could furnish further information, as without this the high commissioner can not go to the prize court, but when it is furnished he will render all possible assistance.)