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

Mr. Rockhill to Mr. Hay.

[Telegram.—Paraphrase.]

Peking, August 4, 1901.

(Mr. Rockhill reports that the international commission for the con-Version of the present Chinese tariff into specific rate will begin very soon at Shanghai. Asks if an expert (who should start immediately) will be detailed by the Secretary of the Treasury to represent the United States in it.)