Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 7, 1903

Mr. Hay to Mr. Clayton.

[Telegram.—Paraphrase.]

Department of State,
Washington, October 15, 1903.

(Mr. Hay instructs Mr. Clayton to request of the Government of Mexico the provisional arrest and detention of Charles Kratz for bribery in Missouri, where warrant of arrest has been issued.

Mr. Hay states that formal papers are being prepared; that the Mexican law of 1897 will be fully complied with; that strict reciprocity is promised by the Government of the United States; and that the fugitive is said to be at Guadalajara.)