Mr. Hay to Mr. Leishman.

[Telegram.—Paraphrase.]

(Mr. Hay informs Mr. Leishman that the murderer of Missionary Labaree in Persia has been identified and located near the Turkish frontier, and that some apprehension is felt that he may effect his escape into Turkey. It is reported that savage Kurds aided and are now harboring the murderer, who also murdered a British subject last December, and upon whose apprehension the American and British legations at Teheran are jointly insisting. Instructs him to urgently request the Turkish Government to have its frontier watched and to prevent the murderer from obtaining asylum in Ottoman territory.)