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

Mr. Denby to Mr. Blaine.

Legation of the United States,
Peking, March 8, 1889. (Received, April 23.)

No 842.]

Sir: I have the honor to inclose herewith a translation of the reply of the prince and ministers of the foreign office to my communication conveying the felicitations of the President to His Majesty the Emperor, on the occasion of his marriage.

I have, etc.

Charles Denby.

[Inclosure in No. 842.]

The Tsung-li Yamên to Mr. Denby.

Peking, March 6, 1889.

Your Excellency: The prince and ministers have had the honor to receive your excellency’s communication conveying the felicitations of the President of the United States to His Majesty, the Emperor of China, on the occasion of his marriage, with the request that the same be made known to His Majesty. This fully evinces a sincere purpose on the part of the President to cultivate a good and kindly feeling, and of your excellency’s good desire to maintain amicable relations, for which the prince and ministers express their sincere gratification.

The prince and ministers have presented in a memorial to the Emperor the sentiments conveyed in your excellency’s communication, and, as in duty bound, send this reply for your information.