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Mr. Conger to Mr. Hay.

[Telegram.]
United States Legation,
Peking, China, October 1, 1898.

Hay, Washington:

No serious danger yet. Considerable anxiety for future. Foreign fleets assembling Tientsin. Some ministers ordering marines to Peking for legation guards. We should have war vessel Tientsin instructed to send marines at my order if necessary.

Conger.