Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 5, 1905

Ambassador Meyer to the Secretary of State.

[Telegram.—Paraphrase.]

American Embassy,
St. Petersburg, July 18, 1905.

(Mr. Meyer advises that the Standard Oil Company should immediately bring suit for damages against the Russian Government. The signature of the telegram giving power of attorney to the lawyer with right of substitution should be legalized by a Russian consul with a statement that the act is made according to the laws of the country.)