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. Tower.

Department of State,
Washington, April 3, 1902.

No. 293.]

Sir: I have to acknowledge the receipt of your No. 552 of the 22d ultimo, transmitting a copy of the declaration of March 16, made by Russia and France relative to the maintenance of the status quo in the Far East, as it appeared in the official part of the Journal de St. Pétersbourg.

I inclose for your information copy of the declaration,^a which I have received from the allied governments of France and Russia, through their embassies at Washington, relative to the maintenance of the status quo and general peace in the Far East, and a copy of the reply^a of the Government of the United States.

I am, etc.,

John Hay.

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