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.
[Inclosure in No. 842.]
The Tsung-li Yamên to Mr.
Denby.
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.
