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

File No. 560/48.

The Secretary of State to Ambassador O’Brien.

Department of State,
Washington, December 29, 1909.

Sir: I have to acknowledge the receipt of your No. 872, of the 22d ultimo, inclosing a copy of the correspondence had between the embassy and the consulate at Dalny on the subject of extraterritoriality in the leased territory of Kwangtung Province.

The department has informed the consulate at Dalny that it approves your instruction on the subject.

I am, etc.,

P. C. Knox.