Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress, With the Annual Message of the President, December 9, 1891

The Chinese consul-general to Mr. Tsui.

[Telegram.]

San Francisco, July 24, 1891.

The Chinese merchants at Vallejo, Cal., have recently been repeatedly outraged, robbed, and murdered. Please communicate with the State Department, with a request that instructions be sent by telegraph to extend protection to them.

Li Yung Yew.