Mr. Hay to Mr. von Hölleben.
Washington , August 3, 1900 .
Excellency: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 30th ultimo by which you inform me that the Imperial Government has found itself compelled to give notice to the Chinese legation at Berlin that the latter will not, until further orders, be permitted [Page 339] to forward telegrams in cipher or conventional language, and that open telegrams will have to be submitted to the secretary of state of the foreign office before being sent, in order to obtain permission for their transmission.
Accept, excellency, etc.,