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

Mr. Loomis to Mr. Leishman.

[Telegram.—Paraphrase.]

Department of State,
Washington, July 19, 1904.

(Mr. Loomis informs Mr. Leishman that the Department has instructed Mr. Norton to go to Van and Bitlis for the purpose of gathering information regarding the reported massacres of Armenians, and whether American missionaries are in danger there.)