Mr. Hay to Mr. Choate.
[Telegram.—Paraphrase.]
Department of State,
Washington , August 1, 1904 .
Washington , August 1, 1904 .
(Mr. Hay informs Mr. Choate of the acceptance by Russia of the proposal that the Russian territorial waters of the prohibited zone, as laid down by the Russo-American arrangement of 1894, be patrolled by American vessels for the purpose of protecting seals in those waters from marauders.)