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

The Acting Secretary of State to Ambassador Meyer.

[Telegram.—Paraphrase.]

Department of State,
Washington, September 22, 1905.

(Mr. Adee instructs Mr. Meyer to inform the Russian Government that the Japanese Government intends to carry out the arrangement for the exchange of prisoners soon after the ratification of the treaty by the respective sovereigns, and that in this respect the treaty will operate even before the exchange of the ratifications.)