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

Mr. Conger to Mr. Hay.

[Telegram.—Paraphrase.]

American Legation,
Peking, March 15, 1904.

(Mr. Conger acknowledges receipt of Mr. Hay’s telegram of the 12th, and states that the minister for foreign affairs is pleased with the friendly interest manifested by the United States, and says China is resolved to maintain neutrality and that provocation will not be given to either belligerent.)