Mr. Eddy to Mr. Hay.
[Telegram.—Paraphrase.]
American Embassy,
St. Petersburg, October 28, 1904.
St. Petersburg, October 28, 1904.
(Mr. Eddy reports that the Russian Government formally agrees to the submission of the circumstances of the North Sea incident to a special tribunal as provided by articles 9 and 14 of The Hague convention; that the preliminary inquiry is to be conducted at Vigo, where the fleet is to remain at present.)