Mr. McCormick to Mr. Hay.
[Telegram.—Paraphrase.]
American Embassy,
St. Petersburg , May 9, 1903 .
St. Petersburg , May 9, 1903 .
(Mr. McCormick reports that it is authoritatively denied that there is any want or suffering among the Jews in southwestern Russia, and that aid of any kind is unnecessary; that while the offer is appreciated in the spirit in which it was made, it is gratefully declined.)