Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress, With the Annual Message of the President, December 3, 1889

Mr. Blaine to Mr. Tsui Kwo Yin.

Department of State,
Washington, October 18, 1889.

Sir: Referring to your excellency’s note of the 16th instant, in which you inquire whether any new legislative measures have been adopted by the Government of the United States in relation to the transit of Chinese subjects through this country, I have the honor to inform you that no new legislation has been adopted on that subject.

Accept, etc.,

James G. Blaine.