Mr. Tsui to Mr. Blaine.
Washington, June 13, 1891.
Sir: Referring to my note of the 9th instant, in which I informed you that I had telegraphed to my Government the anxiety expressed by you for the safety of American subjects in China, I now have the [Page 459] pleasure to inform you that I am in receipt of a cablegram in reply from the tsung-li yamên, stating that protection to American residents in the localities named by Minister Denby is assured, as guarantied by treaty stipulations between the two countries, and I am instructed to communicate this intelligence to you in order that you may be relieved from further anxiety.
In thus executing the orders of my Government, it is pleasant for me to again assure you, etc.,