The Secretary of State to the Russian Ambassador.

My Dear Mr. Ambassador: I beg to inform you that the Secretary of the Navy had advised me that on the 26th instant he received a telegram from the commandant of the navy-yard at Mare Island, Cal., in which he stated that the Lena left the yard for San Francisco on that date, and would sail thence on Sunday, October 29.

I am, etc.,

Elihu Root.