Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 8, 1908

File No. 15984/2.

The Secretary of State to Ambassador O’Brien.

[Telegram.—Paraphrase.]

Department of State,
Washington, October 19, 1908.

Mr. Root refers to Mr. O’Brien’s telegram of October 15, and informs him that the United States Government will surrender American citizens under similar circumstances in accordance with provisions of the treaty.