Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 3, 1906, (In two parts), Part I

Minister Rockhill to the Secretary of State.

[Telegram—Paraphrase.]

American Legation,
Peking , May 5, 1906 .

(States that the American consul-general at Canton reports the filing by the Presbyterian mission of two claims for losses in Lienchou, one of 52,000-odd Mexican dollars for their losses, another of 9,000-odd Mexican dollars for those of their converts. Indemnity for deaths is not sought by the mission. The consul-general states that the Chinese authorities are willing to pay the claim of the converts if presented by the American officials.)