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

Mr. Eddy to Mr. Hay.

[Telegram.—Paraphrase.]

American Embassy,
St. Petersburg, October 28, 1904.

(Mr. Eddy reports that the statement of the Russian admiral has been refused as a reply to the British protest. The British embassy has presented a demand for an impartial inquiry at Vigo, with representatives of both powers and a neutral umpire, while at the same time offering a similar inquiry at Hull.)