Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 5, 1898

Mr. Allen to Mr. Sherman.

Legation of the United States,
Seoul, Korea, April 28, 1898.

No. 102. Diplomatic]

Sir: I have the honor to confirm my telegram¹ of to-day’s date concerning the neutrality of Korea, and to inclose copy of a note from the Korean foreign office of the same date announcing that fact.

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I have, etc.,

Horace N. Allen.

[Inclosure.]

Foreign Office,
Seoul, April 27, 1898.

Chyo Pyengjik, minister for foreign affairs, to the Hon. H. N. Allen, United States minister.

Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your excellency’s dispatch of to-day’s date concerning the state of war now existing between the United States and Spain.

In reply thereto I have the honor to assure your excellency that my Government will observe the strictest neutrality in this affair.

I beg your excellency to convey this message to your Government.

I have, etc.

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