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

Mr. Conger to Mr. Hay.

[Telegram.—Pharaphrase.]

Legation of the United States,
Peking, May 30, 1903.

(Replying to Mr. Hay’s telegram of May 23, Mr. Conger reports that the Russian minister says he understands that the Russian Government is not opposed to open ports and consulates in Manchuria, but that he can not cooperate with Mr. Conger without instructions from his Government, for which he has telegraphed.)