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. Pearson.

[Telegram.—Paraphrase.]

Department of State,
Washington, November 25, 1904.

(Mr. Hay states that the reported failure of the Persian Government to punish the murderers of Mr. Labaree is a source of gravest concern to the President, and that he can not permit our just demands to be trifled with or evaded any longer. If no satisfactory action is taken before Congress meets, in less than two weeks, the President will be constrained to lay the matter before that body and recommend such action as he shall deem necessary.)