Mr. Hay to Mr. Tower.

[Telegram—Paraphrase.]

(Mr. Hay states that he has been informed by the Russian chargé d’affaires that his Government intends to send from Port Arthur to Pekin a force of 4,000 men to rescue and protect Europeans and other foreigners whose lives are in danger, and that this action is taken with no hostile intention toward China.

Instructs Mr. Tower to inform the Russian minister for foreign affairs that a strong regiment has been ordered by the President to proceed from Manila to China for a similar purpose, and that the President is pleased to know that the intentions of this Government and those of His Majesty the Emperor are so entirely in accord.)