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.)