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

Mr. Hay to Mr. Conger .

Department of State,
Washington , July 28, 1899 .

No. 196.]

Sir: I have to acknowledge the receipt of your dispatch No. 211, of the 5th ultimo, reporting your correspondence and interview with the tsungli yamen in relation to the disturbances near I-Chou-fu, in the province of Shantung, and to the complaint of W. P. Chalfant.

It is confidently hoped that arrangement reported by you for the settlement of the claims of the missionaries and for the prevention of further annoyance to them and their converts will be satisfactorily carried out.

I am, etc.,

John Hay.