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

Mr. Buck to Mr. Hay.

United States Legation,
Tokyo, March 11, 1902.

No. 625.]

Sir: Referring to * * * the house tax question, I have the honor now to report that in an interview with the minister for foreign affairs to-day he confidentially informed me that the Japanese Government had finally decided to submit the question to arbitration, and that an official announcement of that conclusion might be expected in a few days.

I have, etc.,

A. E. Buck.