Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 8, 1908

The Secretary of State to Minister Rockhill.

[Telegram.—Paraphrase.]

Department of State,
Washington, June 8, 1906.

Mr. Root acknowledges dispatch No. 284 and directs Mr. Rockhill to inform the Chinese Government that if indemnity is paid for losses of others by reason of the riots of December 18, 1905, this Government will demand indemnities for losses of American citizens caused thereby.