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

Mr. Conger to Mr. Hay.

[Telegram.—Paraphrase.]

Legation of the United States,
Peking, September 26, 1902.

(Mr. Conger reports that the Russians have commenced evacuating Manchuria; that they have already returned the railway to Chinese authorities, and that the Russian minister to China gives the assurance that the territory up to the Liao River will be completely evacuated, according to agreement, by October 8.)