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. Denby, chargé, to Mr. Gresham.

Legation of the United States,
Peking, June 29, 1894. (Received August 16, 1894.)

No. 1872.]

Sir: Referring to my dispatch No. 1868, of the 18th instant, concerning the dispute in the island of Hainan over the choice of a mission site, I have the honor to report that the viceroy has consented to the selection of such a site in cooperation with the missionaries.

I have expressed to the U. S. consul at Canton a hope that this consent will be availed of to bring this dispute to a termination.

I have, etc.,

Chas. Denby, Jr.