Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United
States, 1894, With the Annual Message of the President, Transmitted to Congress,
December 3, 1894
Mr. Jernigan to Mr.
Denby.
August 25,
1894.
Arrested on concession, peacefully and openly engaged away from seat of
war; not a Japanese soldier on Chinese soil at the time. Mere
schoolboys. China can well afford to have us keep them secure.
