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

Mr. Eddy to Mr. Hay.

[Telegram.—Paraphrase.]

American Embassy,
St. Petersburg, October 27, 1904.

(Mr. Eddy states that the report of the Russian admiral advises that an attempt was made by two Japanese torpedo boats, under cover of the fishing vessels, to attack the Russian war vessels, but the Japanese boats were driven off. The admiral offered no assistance, because he thought the other ships might belong to the enemy, and expressed regret at the damage to the British fishermen.)