Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President, Transmitted to Congress December 2, 1895, Part I

Mr. Olney to Mr. Denby.

Department of State,
Washington, September 21, 1895.

No. 1151.]

Sir: Referring to previous correspondence in regard to the permission sought of the Russian Government for our missionaries in China to take refuge in Russian territory should their lives be endangered by Chinese mobs, I have to inform you that a telegram, dated September 17, from our minister at St. Petersburg, advises the Department that the desired permission has been granted without the imposition of any previous conditions on those seeking refuge.

I am, etc.,

Richard Olney

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