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

Mr. Hay to Mr. Conger.

[Telegram.]

Department of State,
Washington, December 2, 1898.

Conger, Minister, Peking:

Boston sails soon. If marines do not return before navigation closes they must remain at Peking indefinitely.

Hay.