Mr. Hay to Mr. McCormick.
[Telegram.—Paraphrase.]
Department of State,
Washington , February 15, 1904 .
Washington , February 15, 1904 .
(Mr. Hay transmits to Mr. McCormick the reply of the Japanese Government to the proposal of the United States relating to the neutrality of China.)
(Note.—See inclosure 2 to dispatch No. 45, February 15, 1904, from Japan, printed on page 420.)