Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 3, 1900

Mr. Peirce to Mr. Hay.

[Telegram.—Paraphrase.]

Embassy of the United States,
St. Petersburg, August 24, 1900.

[Mr. Peirce acknowledges the receipt of instruction No. 170, and the letter of Judge Embry, and states that questions as to insufficient evidence are covered by the addition to the third paragraph of the draft of the protocol which accompanied his dispatch No. 276, of the following: “As well as all evidence relating to the questions in litigation,” which has been agreed to by the ministry. Claimants can, therefore, complete evidence after the signing of the protocol. Mr. Peirce fears that embarrassment may be caused by great delay.]