Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 5, 1898

Mr. Denby to Mr. Sherman.

Legation of the United States,
Peking, China, May 15, 1898.

No. 2929.]

Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your instruction No. 1560, of the 31st of March, 1898, wherein you inclose a note from the Russian chargé d’affaires ad interim, touching the cession in usufruct of Port Arthur and Talien-wan by China to Russia.

As a corollary to this note, the Russian consul at Tientsin recently notified the consular body that all foreigners within their consular districts desiring to visit either Port Arthur or Talien-wan must not only obtain passports but must have their passports viséed at the Russian consulate before departing.

I have, etc.,

Charles Denby.