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.)