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

Mr. Choate to Mr. Hay.

American Embassy,
London, October 29, 1902.

No. 964.]

Sir: With reference to your instruction, No. 999, of the 5th ultimo, in relation to the repatriation of the American citizens detained by the British Government as prisoners of war in Ceylon, I have the honor to inclose herewith a copy of a note from Lord Lansdowne dated the 27th instant, in which it is stated that it is proposed to send the prisoners in question to the United States by the first packet, and that until they arrive at their destination they will continue to receive subsistence from His Majesty’s Government.

I have, etc.,

Joseph H. Choate.

[Inclosure]

Lord Lansdowne to Mr. Choate.

Foreign Office, October 27, 1902.

Your Excellency: I referred to His Majesty’s secretary of state for war your note of the 15th ultimo asking what arrangements His Majesty’s Government proposed to make for the repatriation of the United States citizens who have been detained as prisoners of war in Ceylon.

I have the honor to inform your excellency that it is proposed to send these men to the United States by the first packet and that until they arrive at their destination they will continue to receive subsistence from His Majesty’s Government.

I have, etc.,

Lansdowne.