Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 6, 1904

Mr. Hay to Mr. Choate.

[Telegram.—Paraphrase.]

Department of State,
Washington, February 10, 1904.

(Mr. Hay states that by its proposal this Government is not contemplating a definition of neutral limits, but seeks to secure the smallest possible area of hostilities and the largest possible area of neutrality compatible with the military necessities of the belligerents.)