Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 2, 1902

Mr. Leishman to Mr. Hay.

[Telegram.—Paraphase.]

Legation of the United States,
Constantinople, January 19, 1902.

(Mr. Leishman reports that negotiations have been resumed, and that brigands agree to accept offer, but insist on money being paid in advance, agreeing to surrender captives ten days later; that a letter from Miss Stone states that both she and Madame Tsilka are alive and well, and urge acceptance of brigands’ terms; and that, as the committee are of the same opinion, Mr. Leishman has instructed them to use their own judgment and lose no time in making best terms possible.)