Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 6, 1904

Mr. Hay to Mr. Conger.

[Telegram.—Paraphrase.]

Department of State,
Washington, December 6, 1904.

(Mr. Hay states that for the present and pending future arrangement of the payment of the indemnity it is preferred that the United States should not be placed in an exceptional position.)