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  4. Document 928

Mr. Newel to Mr. Hay.

Legation of the United States,
The Hague , October 12, 1900 .
No. 328.]

Sir: Referring to my No. 327, dated October 5, 1900, relating to the United States-Russian arbitration case, I have the honor to confirm on the overleaf Department’s cipher cablegram1 of the 9th instant, and to state that the Russian minister having received his instructions from his Government called upon me yesterday (Thursday) afternoon, and that a joint note has been addressed to Mr. Asser to ask that he would appoint an hour at which we can jointly ask him to act as arbitrator in the case in question and know his decision.

I have, etc.,

Stanford Newel.
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