Mr. Jackson to
Mr. Hay.
Embassy of the United States,
Berlin, July 26, 1900.
No. 1318.]
Sir: Referring to Mr. White’s dispatch
(1311) of the 21st instant, I have the honor to inform you of the
receipt to-day of a memorandum from the Imperial foreign office, a
translation of which will be found on the overleaf, and to confirm
my cipher telegram to you, of to-day’s date, as follows
(paraphrase):
(Mr. Jackson, referring to Mr. White’s telegram of the 21st,
states that the German Government expresses itself in
complete accord with the views in Mr. Hay’s telegram of July
20, to utilize services of friendly Chinese authorities, and
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participate in any measures undertaken to bring about the
desired end. The minister informs Mr. Jackson that steps
which were taken several days ago to communicate with the
German legation at Pekin have not yet been successful, and
no great hopes are entertained that it will be possible to
find trustworthy Chinese intermediaries.)
I have the honor to be, etc.,
John B. Jackson,
Chargé d’Affaires.
[Inclosure.—Translation.]
“Pro memoria” from the German foreign office
July 25, 1900, referring to a memorandum left at the foreign
office by Mr. White on July 21.
The Imperial Government is in complete accord with the view
expressed in the telegram from the Secretary of State of the
United States of America, that it is very desirable to make use
of the services of friendly Chinese officials in order to obtain
further information from the besieged legations in Pekin and to
effect communication with them. The Imperial Government will
gladly participate in any measure undertaken to bring about this
end, but it can not pretend to entertain any great hope that it
will be possible, in view of the existing notoriously difficult
situation to find any really trustworthy Chinese intermediaries.
Nevertheless, steps were taken by the Imperial Government
several days ago analagous to those taken by Mr. Hay, which have
not been successful as yet.
The foreign office will not fail to inform the embassy of the
result without delay.