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 the United States consul at Nanking.

[Telegram.]

Peking, August 6, 1901.

See viceroy immediately. Urge him, at my request, to consider favorably proposed Whangpu conservancy scheme which the British, German, and Japanese consuls are to submit to him.

His prompt acceptance will bring negotiations here to a close. The work on the Whangpu is greatly needed in the interest of China, whose sovereign rights are fully guaranteed in scheme.

Reply by telegraph.

Rockhill.