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

Mr. Adee to Mr. Leishman.

Department of State,
Washington, August 1, 1901.

No. 42.]

Sir: I have to acknowledge the receipt of your dispatches Nos. 53 and 56 dated, respectively, the 5th and 8th ultimo, inclosing a copy of correspondence in regard to the case of the Rev. R. M. Cole, who is at present located at Bitlis, and who had been restrained from moving about freely for nearly a year past because the local governor refused, for some unknown reason, to grant him a teskéré or traveling passport.

The Department approves your action in the case, and is gratified that the restriction on Mr. Cole’s movements has been removed.

I am, etc.,

Alvey A. Adee,
Acting Secretary.