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 6, 1904.

(Mr. Griscom reports that the minister for foreign affairs has informed him that the Japanese minister at St. Petersburg has been instructed to present a note to the Russian Government, the full text of which will be presented to the Department by the Japanese minister at Washington, terminating negotiations, and to break off diplomatic relations.)