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

Memorandum left at the Department of State by Baron von Sternburg.

German Embassy, August 23, 1900.

The Chinese minister in Berlin has been informed that the German Government can not enter into any negotiations with Li Hung Chang because it is not clear from whom he has received his credentials and what credentials he holds as to negotiations with the powers.