Mr. Denby to Mr.
Olney.
Legation of the United States,
Peking, October 2, 1895.
(Received Nov. 8.)
No. 2381.]Sir: I have the honor to inclose herewith a
translation of a note from the Tsung-li Yamên, in which they inform me
what officers have been detailed to escort the Szechuan commission and
designate the places at which the commission is to pass from one
province to another.
I have, etc.,
[Inclosure in No. 2381.]
The Tsung-li Yamên to
Mr. Denby.
Sir: We received some days ago a note from
you, in which you stated that the Szechuan commission dispatched by
your Government would proceed by land via Chihli, Shansi, and
Shensi. On the 28th of September we accordingly sent you three
passports for delivery to the members of the commission, and we sent
telegraphic orders to the authorities of the said provinces to each
detail an officer and a squad, of cavalry to escort them on their
journey.
The viceroy of Chihli now telegraphs that he has detailed Maj.
Chi-Mei-cheng, with twenty soldiers, to escort the commission as far
as Ping-ting Chou, in Shansi, where they will be committed to the
authorities of that province. We have received also a telegram from
the governor of Shansi announcing the detail of First Captain Li
Chun-hua, with twenty soldiers, to take the party under his escort
at Ping-ting Chou. The governor of Shansi also telegraphs that he
has detailed Second Captain Tan Pen-wan, with twenty soldiers, to
take charge of the commission at Tung-kuan.
We are awaiting a telegram from Szechuan announcing the locality at
which the commission is to enter that province, and the name of the
officer who will there receive them, upon receipt whereof we will
again write you. In the meantime we send this note for your
information.
