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.]

Peking, May 14, 1904.

(Mr. Conger reports that by direction of the Japanese Government yesterday its minister again urged upon Prince Ch’ing the necessity of the strictest neutrality being preserved by China. Prince Ch’ing replied that the strictest neutrality could and would be preserved by China, and he would instruct the Chinese ministers by telegraph to so inform foreign governments.)