Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 2, 1902

Mr. Hay to Mr. Conger.

Department of State,
Washington, April 8, 1902.

No. 502.]

Sir: I have to acknowledge the receipt of your No. 919 of the 15th of February last on the subject of the citizenship of II. Krippendorf, who has been arrested by the German consul at Tientsin, China, on a charge of embezzlement while a resident of Germany.

In reply I have to say that the Department approves your letter to Consul Ragsdale, informing him that Krippendorf is not an American citizen, and that he should not intervene in Krippendorf’s behalf.

I am, etc.,

John Hay.