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, May 31, 1904.

(Mr. Hay instructs Mr. Choate to thank the foreign office for communicating information from Tangier, and advises him that the ambassador of the United States at Paris reports that the French Government is giving its aid in the Perdicaris case as far as possible by way of urging the Sultan to act, and engaging the services of influential official and religious families who have proven their usefulness in similar affairs. The Morocco Government must understand that Raisuli’s life will be demanded if Perdicaris is murdered.)