Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 6, 1904

Mr. Conger to Mr. Hay.

[Telegram.—Paraphrase.]

American Legation,
Peking, March 29, 1904

(Mr. Conger acknowledges receipt of Mr. Hay’s telegram of the 26th and states that for the past two years a few Japanese officers have been employed with Chines army as translators and instructors, and he has been reliably assured that the number has not been increased recently and no new commands have been given.)