Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 7, 1909

The Prince Regent of China to the President of the United States.¹

[Translation.]

Peking, 18th July, 1909.

Greeting: We have made ourselves fully acquainted with Your Excellency’s message transmitted to us by cable. We feel greatly indebted to Your Excellency for the warm regard and the deep interest in the general state of affairs in China. With regard to the question of the foreign loan, and in return for Your Excellency’s great kindness, the ministers of the Wai-wu Pu (foreign office) have been instructed to negotiate with the American chargé d’affaires ad interim at Peking so as to come to a suitable decision and take action accordingly.

1. Received through the Chinese minister, July 19, 1909.