File No. 774/564.

The Secretary of State to Bishop Brent.

[Telegram.—Paraphrase.]

Mr. Bacon informs him that consuls general of Austria and Italy, Bernauer and Faraone, appointed delegates to opium commission, and that China has delegated Tao-t’ao Liu Yii-lin, Tao-t’ai Kwan Ching-hsien, and T’ang Kai-sun.