Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 7, 1903

Mr. Jusserand to Mr. Hay.

[Translation.]

Embassy of the French Republic,
Manchester, Mass., September 5, 1903.

Mr. Secretary of State: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your excellency’s note of September 1, relative to the stoppage at sea of the steamship Amiral Fourichon.

I shall not fail to acquaint the minister of foreign affairs of the Republic with the results of the investigation conducted by the Navy Department, which you have been so good as to communicate to me, and I have no doubt that my Government will appreciate the exceptional and fortuitous character of the circumstances under which the incident took place.

Be pleased to accept, etc.

Jusserand.