File No. 4992/14.

The Acting Secretary of State to Minister Rockhill.

[Telegram.—Paraphrase.]

(Mr. Bacon directs that the Chinese Government be requested to hold McKinley in their custody at the expense of the United States until the arrival of the agent to receive the fugitive.

Mr. Bacon informs Mr. Rockhill that the steamship Manchuria will sail from the Pacific coast on the 24th instant.)