. George von Lengerke Meyer; his life and public services. ted and con-tented. There is a strong friendship between him and Witte,which has lasted for many years. There are serious troubles in Baku, and it is rumouredthat there were disturbances yesterday again in Moscow, dueto strikes; but I can learn nothing official, owing to thecensorship. I was more than pleased to hear of the appointment ofRobert Bacon as Assistant Secretary of State, in place ofLoomis. Bob is a first-class fellow, conscientious, painstaking,and reliable. I hope to sail September 27th on the Kaiser Wilhelm II,and on my a
. George von Lengerke Meyer; his life and public services. ted and con-tented. There is a strong friendship between him and Witte,which has lasted for many years. There are serious troubles in Baku, and it is rumouredthat there were disturbances yesterday again in Moscow, dueto strikes; but I can learn nothing official, owing to thecensorship. I was more than pleased to hear of the appointment ofRobert Bacon as Assistant Secretary of State, in place ofLoomis. Bob is a first-class fellow, conscientious, painstaking,and reliable. I hope to sail September 27th on the Kaiser Wilhelm II,and on my arrival shall report to you at once, either at OysterBay or Washington, as the case may be. Believe me, my dear Mr. President, Respectfully yours, G. V. L. Meyer. September 9. — Write my 200th dispatch sinceI arrived, on the 7th of April, inSt. does not include my weekly letter to the Presi-dent, posting him as to the conditions and course ofevents in Russia. Ever since Mr. Hays death thePresident has been his own Minister of Foreign Af-. MR. MEYER IX COSSACK COSTUME 1905] AMBASSADOR TO RUSSIA 211 fairs, often cabling me and signing his own last part of the negotiations I cabled direct toPresident Roosevelt at Oyster Bay. Leave the Kleinmichel house in charge of abutler, chef, chamber-maid, and an under-man, at anexpense of 278 roubles per month. Take the sixoclock Nord Express for Berlin. Princess SusieBelosselsky and her sister-in-law Princess Kotschoubeyon the train, with their children. Quite a number ofpeople came down to see us off. The diary of Meyers few days in Germany onhis way home to America is notable for its long ac-count of an illuminating interview with the records also his report to the Japanese Minister inBerlin upon the important work of the AmericanEmbassy in Russia, — not hitherto mentioned amongthe service performed by Mr. Meyer, — in caring forthe Japanese prisoners of war. It follows him toMunich for a brief visit
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