The Secretary of State to Minister Pearson.

[Telegram.—Paraphrase.]

(Mr. Root, referring to Mr. Pearson’s telegram of January 8th, advises him of the Persian minister’s request for ten months’ extension of time for investigating Labaree murder and punishing accomplices, based on representations that immediate display of force [Page 1211] might lead to uprising and bloodshed. Mr. Root calls for Mr. Pearson’s views and inquires whether a popular rising might not defeat or indefinitely postpone the demanded just settlement, besides endangering Americans and other foreigners in Uroomia district. Suggests consultation with the British minister.)