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

Mr. Leishman to Mr. Hay.

[Telegram.—Paraphrase.]

Legation of the United States,
Constantinople, August 30, 1903.

(Mr. Leishman reports that the governor at Beirut and the Turkish Government continue to treat the attempted assassination of the United States vice-consul lightly, but that news of the coming of the United States squadron will probably move them to action.)