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. Choate.

Department of State,
Washington, March 24, 1902.

No. 866.]

Sir: I inclose a copy of part of a dispatch^b from the minister to the Ottoman Porte relative to the interest taken by Sir Nicholas O’Conor, the British ambassador at Constantinople; by Mr. Elliot, the British diplomatic agent at Sofia; by Mr. McGregor, the British consul at the last-named city, and by Sir Alfred Billiotti, the British consul at Salonica, in the rescue of Miss Stone.

You will say to His Majesty’s Government that the Government of the United States appreciates the interest taken by the gentlemen named and is thankful for their assistance.

I am, etc.,

John Hay.

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