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. 10044/162.

Ambassador Leishman to the Secretary of State.

[Telegram.—Paraphrase.]

American Embassy,
Pera, April 25, 1909.

Mr. Leishman says outlying garrisons are surrendering rapidly and that it looks as though occupation of all points would be complete by night, including Yildiz. Says no action taken regarding Sultan, nor has anything definite been decided concerning cabinet, and that a state of siege has been proclaimed in Constantinople and surrounding districts. Mr. Leishman says the able manner in which the entire military movement has been conducted so far furnishes good ground for belief that proper order will be maintained in the capital.