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. Clayton.

[Telegram.—Paraph rase.]

Department of State,
Washington , January 28, 1904 .

(Mr. Hay instructs Mr. Clayton to inquire into the circumstances connected with the imprisonment of Harding and Dugat, which took place at Matamoros, for a technical but insignificant infraction of local laws, and if the facts in the case seem to warrant it to use his good offices to effect their release.)