The Acting Secretary of State to Ambassador Meyer.
Washington , April 8, 1905 .
Sir: Referring to the Department’s telegram of February 14 last to your predecessor relative to the violation of the paroles of certain Russian officers of the transport Lena, I have to advise you of the receipt of a letter, dated the 5th instant, from the Secretary of the Navy, in which he quotes the text of a telegram, dated April 4, from the commandant, navy-yard, Mare Island, Cal., reading as follows:
Midshipman Kyra Dinyan reported last evening and has again voluntarily and personally given me his parole not to leave San Francisco and vicinity of Vallejo without permission from the President.
I am, etc.,