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

Mr. McCormick to Mr. Hay.

[Telegram.]

American Embassy,
St. Petersburg, August 24, 1904.

The following telegram just received from consul, Vladivostok:

Sixty-six packages machinery confiscated. Deemed intended railway pumping purposes, probably same decision girders. Cargo discharged. Steamer sails to-day Shanghai. American shippers to represent interests must promptly telegraph powers attorney in all cases, singly or collectively attested by Russian consul.

McCormick.