Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 2, 1902

Mr. Hay to Mr. Hart .

Department of State,
Washington , May 31, 1902 .

Sir: Referring to your No. 573, of February 25 last, in regard to the complaint of the Swiss citizen, Roberto Beck, I inclose copy of a memorandum^a left with me by the Swiss minister at this capital, in which he asks this Government to make representations to the Colombian Government, with a view to putting an end to the expropriation of Mr. Beck’s mules, and to obtain compensation for the injuries already done to him.

The Department would be pleased to receive a more complete report regarding the case and the action taken by you than that contained in your dispatch above referred to.

I am, etc.,

John Hay.

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