Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 3, 1907, (In two parts), Part II

File No. 2151/46.

Minister Gummeré to the Secretary of State.

[Telegram—Paraphrase.]

American Legation,
Tangier, August 22, 1907.

States that it is currently reported that the uncle of the Sultan has been proclaimed Sultan at Morocco City. Says that he has been informed by the Spanish minister that the Spanish consul at Mogador has telegraphed him to the same effect. Adds that it is reported that all Christians have left Fez for the coast, and that all is quiet at Tangier.