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, August 31, 1903.

(Mr. Leishman reports that he has just received the following telegram from Admiral Cotton, dated Geneva, August 30:

“Brooklyn and San Francisco sail to-day Beirut. Expect arrive there Friday. Machias from Port Said yesterday.”

Mr. Leishman inquires if the Department wishes him to communicate the above information officially to the Sublime Porte.)