Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 3, 1901

Mr. Hay to Mr. Wilson.

[Telegram.—Paraphrase.]

Department of State,
Washington, January 31, 1901.

(Mr. Hay acknowledges receipt of Mr. Buck’s dispatch No. 532, and directs Mr. Wilson to request the Japanese Government to withhold its decision until the Department can have time to prepare and forward its views on questions of property leases, their registration, etc.)