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

Mr. Pearson to Mr. Hay.

[Telegram.—Paraphrase.]

American Legation,
Teheran, March 25, 1904.

(Mr. Pearson reports that the murderer of Labaree, named Seyd Jafer, is identified and located near Mount Ararat on the Turkish frontier. This same man murdered a British subject, and the American and British legations are jointly insisting on energetic action on the part of the Government to bring the murderer to justice. At the request of Mr. Pearson the Persian Government sent stringent telegraphic orders for the protection of Christians.)