Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 2, 1902

Mr. Leishman to Mr. Hay.

[Telegram.—Paraphrase.]

Legation of the United States,
Constantinople, February 3, 1902.

(Mr. Leishman reports that negotiations have been renewed, and the committee reports progress, but that everything is being done to keep this secret for the present. Mr. Leishman is quite hopeful of an early and satisfactory conclusion.)