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

Mr. Loomis to Mr. Conger.

[Telegram.—Paraphrase.]

Department of State,
Washington, July 22, 1903.

(Replying to Mr. Conger’s telegram of July 22, Mr. Loomis states that promise even in writing of Chinese Government to open ports after Russian withdrawal is unsatisfactory, and that the provision must be included in treaty; that further discussion as to opening of Peking may be dropped.)