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.]

Peking, August 17, 1906.

(Mr. Rockhill asks whether he is to conclude an arrangement for a final settlement of the Lienchou matter, including terms already agreed upon by Consul-General Lay, and states that it seems to him most desirable to have the Government’s formal assent.)