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 Ambassador McCormick.

[Telegram.—Paraphrase.]

Department of State,
Washington, February 14, 1905.

(Mr. Hay advises Mr. McCormick that the three officers of the Lena, Midshipman Peter Michailoff, Midshipman Andrey Kyra Dinyan, and Engineer Sergey Kapazin, who broke their parole toward the end of January, are reported to have arrived at St. Petersburg and to have reported to the admiralty. Instructs him to inform the Russian Government and to inquire what action it proposes to take.)