Office of the Historian

File No. 15077/59–60.

Minister Hicks to the Secretary of State.

American Legation,
Santiago, January 21, 1909.
No. 303.]

Sir: Referring to department’s No. 1261 and No. 1402 dated August 22, 1908, and December 3, 1908, I have to report that the matter of the representation of Chinese subjects in Chile by the diplomatic and consular representatives of the United States has finally been arranged. The delay was caused by the failure of the [Page 49] foreign office to act and it was only yesterday that the form of certificate was agreed upon.

I have notified the consuls at Valparaiso, Iquique, and Punta Arenas and sent them copies of the form of certificate agreed upon in English and Spanish.

I am also inclosing herewith a copy of the certificate. The form sent by department was modified by the foreign office in a few words and I trust will meet with department’s approval.

I am, etc.,

John Hicks.

[Inclosure.]

I— — —, of the United States of America, certify that — claims to be a subject of the Emperor of China, resident in Chile, and that upon his proving in an authentic manner the fact that he is a Chinese subject, he will have the right, in case of necessity, and according to the precepts of international law, to the protection of the Government of the United States and to the good offices of the diplomatic and consular officers of said Gvernment while they remain in Chile, in accordance with communications dated January 20, 1909, exchanged between the ministry of foreign relations of Chile and the legation of the United States in Santiago, in the name of its Government and of the Chinese Empire.

  1. See Foreign Relations 1908, p. 61.↩
  2. Not printed.↩