Mr. Loomis to Mr. Takahira.
Washington, March 19, 1904.
Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note No. 14 of the 19th instant, requesting that the United States ambassador to Russia be instructed to take the necessary steps to the end that certain Japanese subjects now in Russia, who are destitute and desire to return to Japan, may be sent to Berlin to be cared for by the Japanese legation in that city.
In reply, I have the honor to inform you that the Department has’ just received a telegram from Ambassador McCormick, saying that 12 Japanese—6 men and 6 women—in a destitute condition arrived in St. Petersburg to-day from Irkutsk, not being allowed to proceed east, and who wish to proceed to Germany.
Mr. McCormick adds that he is arranging to send them to Berlin, where they are to find employment through the Japanese legation or be sent home.
The Department has approved Mr. McCormick’s action.
Accept, etc.,
Acting Secretary.