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 28, 1904.

(Mr. Hay instructs Mr. Pearson to demand an indemnity of $50,000, and to obtain sufficient assurance that engagements will be carried out. The President will not brook delay, and prompt settlement must be insisted upon.)