Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 7, 1909

File No. 10044/142.

Ambassador Leishman to the Secretary of State.

[Telegram.—Paraphrase.]

American Embassy,
Pera, April 17, 1909.

Mr. Leishman says owing to interrupted telegraphic communication he has not received report from vice consul at Mersina, whom he instructed to go to Adana, but fears rumors are true, as the information which leaks through indicates serious disturbances which have extended to surrounding towns, including Tarsus. He adds that he is bringing all pressure possible to bear on Porte, and that French and English Governments are sending ships to Mersina.