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

Mr. Choate to Mr. Hay.

[Telegram.—Paraphrase.]

American Embassy,
London, August 3, 1904.

(Mr. Choate reports that Lord Lansdowne desires to know the views of the United States Government on the sinking of the Knight Commander and the depredations of the volunteer fleet on neutrals, and generally concerning the dealings of belligerents with neutrals to enforce the right of search for contraband.)