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

Mr. Leishman to Mr. Hay.

[Telegram.—Paraphrase.]

American Legation,
Pera, August 13, 1904.

(Mr. Leishman reports that he has informed the minister for foreign affairs that, with the understanding that American institutions will be accorded the same treatment in the execution of the agreement as that accorded to French and other foreign institutions and relying on his promise to promptly fulfill the engagements, he would invite the admiral to depart with the fleet after exchange of the usual courtesies.)