Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 3, 1900

Mr. Rockhill to Mr. Hay.

[Telegram—Paraphrase.]

Pekin, December 20, 1900.

(Mr. Rockhill expresses his belief that to secure further delay is most dangerous and may greatly imperil negotiations as final agreement has been published. Regrets word “irrevocable,” but strongly urges acceptance at once as omission now seems impossible.)