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

Mr. McCormick to Mr. Hay.

[Telegram.—Paraphrase.]

American Embassy,
St. Petersburg, January 2, 1904.

(Mr. McCormick reports that he has been informed by the Japanese minister that he had a satisfactory interview with the minister for foreign affairs, and that the latter gave the assurance that the Russian reply to the Japanese counter proposals would be sent to Tokyo in a few days and that it would be of a conciliatory nature.)