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. Buck.

[Telegram.—Paraphrase.]

Department of State,
Washington, December 18, 1901.

(Mr. Hay acknowledges the receipt of Mr. Buck’s dispatch No. 601 of November 22, 1901, and states that Americans should pay the tax referred to, under protest, reserving all legal rights, which can be subsequently determined.)