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

Mr. Griscom to Mr. Hay.

[Telegram.—Paraphrase.]

American Legation,
Tokyo, February 5, 1904.

(Mr. Griscom reports that warlike preparations are being rushed, and that it seems that the Japanese Government has decided that it has waited longer for an answer from the Russian Government than is reasonable.