Foreign Relations of the United States, 1901, Appendix, Affairs in China, Report of William W. Rockhill, Late Commissioner to China, with Accompanying Documents

Mr. Conger to Mr. Hay.

[Telegram.—Paraphrase.]

Peking , November 16, 1900 .

(Mr. Conger reports the decapitation at Paotingfu of the provincial treasurer, a Tartar general, and a lieutenant-colonel, under sentence of military court, approved by field marshal.)