Mr. Riddle to Mr.
Ray.
Embassy
of the United States,
St.
Petersburg, April 12,
1902.
No. 565.]
Sir: Referring to Mr. Tower’s dispatches, No.
543 of March 13 and No. 547 of March 18,1902,1 have the honor to
transmit to you herewith a translated copy of a note received from the
ministry for foreign affairs concerning irregularities in the
transmission of telegrams with Niuchwang.
It would appear from the present note that no further ground for
complaint exists.
I have, etc.,
J. W. Riddle,
Chargé d’Affaires ad
interim.
[Inclosure.—Translation.]
Prince Obolensky to Mr. Tower.
Ministry for Foreign Affairs,
First
Department,
St.
Petersburg, March 26 (April 8), 1902.
No. 1565.]
Mr. Ambassador: In supplement to the
ministerial note of the 2d (15th) of March last under No. 1050,
concerning irregularities in the transmission of telegrams with
Niuchwang, I have the honor to inform your excellency that in
accordance with a communication of the American consul at Inkow
transmitted to the imperial ministry through the administration of
Russian posts and telegraphs, the only complaint made upon this
subject came from an American trading company, and was presented to
the minister of the United States at Pekin in the month of December
last. That complaint was made at the time of the installation at
Inkow of the field telegraph when the reception of telegrams was
temporarily suspended for two weeks. At the present moment,
according to the reports transmitted by the local authorities, the
consular representative above referred to is entirely satisfied with
the Russian telegraph and recommends it to his fellow countrymen as
being cheaper and working with as much regularity as all other
telegraph lines.
Please receive, etc.,