Mr. Conger to Mr. Hay.

[Telegram.—Paraphrase.]

(Mr. Conger reports that the Russian Government demands the following new conditions before evacuating Manchuria:

No new treaty ports or foreign consuls allowed; no foreigners, except Russians, to be employed in the public service; status of administration same as before; Niuchwang [Page 54] customs receipts to be deposited in Russian-Chinese Bank; sanitary commission to be dominated by Russians; privilege of attaching wires to all telegraph poles; no territory ever to be alienated to any power.

The Chinese Government refused to comply with the conditions.