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

Mr. Loomis to Mr. Russell.

[Telegram.—Paraphrase.]

Department of State,
Washington, May 16, 1904.

(Mr. Loomis instructs Mr. Russell to state to the Panaman Government that the Government of the United States desires to pay the balance of the amount due the Government of Panama, and will pay the same at once to J. P. Morgan & Co., the accredited fiscal agents of Panama, to whom one million has already been paid.)