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

Mr. Hay to Mr. Rockhill.

No. 21.]

Department of State,
Washington, April 18, 1901.

Sir: I have to acknowledge the receipt of your dispatch No. 31, of February 28 last, on the subject of the meeting of the foreign representatives to consider the question of punishments to be demanded for provincial officials and other persons most directly responsible for the massacres and riots in China last year, your demand for posthumous honors for Chang Yin-huan, indemnities, etc.

Your action respecting the several matters treated of in your dispatch is approved by the Department.

I am, etc.,

John Hay.