Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 3, 1901

Mr. Hay to Mr. Wu.

Department of State,
Washington, December 12, 1901.

No. 191.]

Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note No. 218, of the 9th instant, and to inform you in reply that I have laid before the President for his consideration and for such action as he may deem proper in the matter, a copy of the memorandum inclosed with your note, giving specific cases of alleged injustice and hardship suffered by subjects of China by reason of the rigid enforcement of the Chinese-exclusion laws.

Accept, etc.,

John Hay.