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 Baron Moncheur.

Department of State,
Washington, December 24, 1901.

No. 14.]

Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your memorandum of the 20th instant, relating further to the fine imposed in March or April on the owners of the steamship Belgika, and to inform you that I have once more called the attention of the Secretary of War to the matter, with the request that he cause a report of the proper authorities in the Philippine Islands to be made and sent to me.

Accept, etc.,

John Hay.