Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 6, 1904

Mr. Pearson to Mr. Hay.

[Telegram.—Paraphrase.]

American Legation,
Teheran, December 28, 1904

(Mr. Pearson reports that, after consultation with the widow of Labaree, he proposed and the Persian Government accepted the following settlement:

1. Thirty thousand dollars cash gold.

2. Effective and swift punishment of all guilty persons.

3. No special tax on province or Christians to recover indemnity.)