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

Mr. Leishman to Mr. Hay.

[Telegram.—Paraphrase.]

Legation of the United States,
Constantinople, March 4, 1903.

(Mr. Leishman reports that he has received no reply about an audience, but that from information received through a very reliable source he is more inclined to credit the statement made by the minister for foreign affairs several weeks ago that Beirut and general school affairs could be considered settled, as his informants state that papers are being prepared and that official confirmation may reasonably, be expected within a few days.)