Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 3, 1907, (In two parts), Part I

File No. 167.

Minister Rockhill to the Secretary of State.

[Telegram.—Paraphrase.]

American Legation,
Peking,January 5, 1907.

(Mr. Rockhill states that the American consul-general at Canton telegraphs that the Lienchou indemnity has been paid to him by the viceroy. Mr. Rockhill also states that he has directed the consul-general to remit the money directly to the Secretary of State. Mr. Rockhill hopes to sign the protocol of the settlement at an early date.)