File No. 10044/172.
Ambassador Leishman to the Secretary of State.
Pera, May 1, 1909.
Mr. Leishman says as conditions in disturbed districts have improved greatly and as the Government is taking very energetic measures to suppress further attempt at disorder and punish perpetrators of the recent trouble, he suggests holding North Carolina and Montana at Gibraltar, or some other Mediterranean port, for further orders, instead of sending them to Turkish waters. He says the need for their immediate presence no longer exists, and that if conditions continue to improve, as is probable, their visit might be regarded as unnecessarily offensive to the new Government, which appears to be both desirous and able to restore peace and quiet.