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 , September 12, 1903 .

(Mr. Leishman states that the consul at Beirut reports that confidence is being slowly restored; that he is confidentially informed that the report of the new governor to the Sublime Porte more than confirms the claims made by the consular body of bad and unsafe conditions of the city.

Mr. Leishman has received nothing from the Sublime Porte as yet in regard to pending questions except the usual promises.)