Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 5, 1899

Mr. Conger to Mr. Hay.

[Telegram.]

Pekin, December 22, 1898.

Proposed French settlement extension Shanghai with exclusive jurisdiction includes American property. Owners object. Great Britain instructs minister protest energetically to an extension unless under combined jurisdiction. Shall I protest?

Conger.