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

The Secretary of State to Chargé Eddy.

[Telegram.—Paraphrase.]

Department of State,
Washington , October 29, 1905 .

(Mr. Root instructs Mr. Eddy to protect American citizens by all means at his command and to give such help as may be made necessary by the special exigency. If necessary, shelter may be given at the embassy, and as a last resort a vessel may be chartered, which should fly the American flag.)