Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 7, 1903

Mr. May to Mr. Conger.

[Telegram.—Paraphrase.]

Department of State,
Washington , April 29, 1903 .

(Mr. Hay states that the Russian minister for foreign affairs says reports of proposed convention between Russia and China relating to Manchuria are wholly untrue; that the Russian Government has no intention to exclude other countries from advantages now enjoyed in Manchuria, or to confer monopolies upon Russians; that nothing will be done to close open door or hamper American commerce; same assurances given at Washington by Russian ambassador.)