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 Meyer.

[Telegram.—Paraph rase.]

Department of State,
Washington, November 7, 1905.

(Mr. Root advises Mr. Meyer that the Japanese Government has agreed to the proposal of the Russian Government that the commanders in chief of the Japanese and Russian armies in Manchuria shall arrange for the exchange of the prisoners in the theater of war. The Japanese Government desires that the Japanese prisoners in European Russia shall be surrendered as soon as possible before the winter season is advanced. Instructs him to communicate the above to the Russian Government.)