Mr. Leishman to Mr. Hay.
Constantinople, February 3, 1903.
(Mr. Leishman, replying to Mr. Hay’s telegram of February 2, reports that he has already taken up the matters specially referred to, together with other cases, very actively with the Sublime Porte; that the minister for foreign affairs fully recognizes the justice and reasonableness of the demands and also the fact that the United States Government had waited long enough for patience to cease to be a virtue, and promised an answer not later than the end of the current week.
Mr. Leishman inquires if, under the circumstances named, he shall make an immediate demand for audience with the Sultan, or if he shall wait until the first of the coming week.)