Memorandum handed to the Secretary by Minister Wu.
Translation of a cablegram sent by Viceroy Liu Kun-Yih and Viceroy Chang Chih-Tung, dated at Nankin July 3, 1900, and received by Minister Wu Ting-fang the same day.
Please inform Secretary of State that, it being feared that if military operations shall be pressed more forcibly in northern China the people in eastern and southern China may become agitated, a clear understanding should be arrived at; that regardless of what may happen (in [Page 277] the north), the foreign powers agree not to dispatch forces to the Yangtze Valley or the interior of Kiangsu and Chekiang provinces, and the undersigned also agree to guarantee protection in accordance with the treaties to the lives and properties of people of all nationalities within their respective jurisdictions.
- Liu Kun-Yih.
- Chang Chih-Tung.