File No. 511.4A1/921.
Minister Calhoun to
the Secretary of State.
American Legation,
Peking, October 25,
1910.
No. 112.]
Sir: Having reference to the department’s
telegram of September 271
and to the legation’s telegraphic reply of October 41 on the subject of the proposed
international opium conference to be held at The Hague, I have the honor
to transmit herewith copy of notes received
[Page 318]
from the foreign office, dated August 31, 1910,
and October 3, 1910, wherein it is stated that China has already
appointed delegates, whose names are given, to represent her in the
proposed conference, and that as soon as the date is set for the opening
of the conference these delegates will at once proceed to The Hague.
I have, etc.,
[Inclosure
1—Translation.]
The Prince of Ch’ing
to Minister Calhoun.
Foreign Office,
Peking, August 31,
1910.
No. 29A.]
Your Excellency: On the 24th day of the
ninth moon of last year (Nov. 6, 1909) I had the honor to receive a
note from the Hon. H. P. Fletcher, chargé d’affaires for the United
States, informing my Government that the American Government
intended bringing about an international conference at The Hague to
consider the prohibition of opium, and inviting the Chinese
Government to appoint delegates, said delegates to be given the rank
of plenipotentiaries, to the end that a convention might be agreed
upon and signed. The reply of this board to the above note is on
record.
On the 19th day of the sixth moon (July 25, 1910) my board received a
note from the Dutch minister to China stating that the conference
would be opened on the 13th day of the ninth moon (Oct. 15, 1910).
My board has therefore obtained the appointment of delegates as
follows: As China’s plenipotentiary representative, Liu Yü-lin,
junior secretary of the board of foreign affairs, and as additional
delegates to participate in the deliberations China’s chargé
d’affaires at The Hague Secretary of Legation T’ang Tsai-fu, and
T’ang Kuo-an, under secretary of the board of foreign affaires.
A necessary dispatch.
(Seal of the Wai-Wu Pu.)
[Inclosure
2—Translation.]
The Ministers of the Foreign
Office to Minister Calhoun.
Foreign Office,
Peking, October 3,
1910.
No. 51.]
Your Excellency: We have the honor to
acknowledge the receipt of your excellency’s note of the 29th
ultimo, informing this board that Great Britain had signified her
intention of taking part in the International Opium Conference to be
held at The Hague, and also stating that you had received
telegraphic instructions from your government directing you to
ascertain whether the delegates appointed by this country would be
able to proceed to the conference at an early date. Your excellency
requested an early reply to this question, in order that you might
in turn inform the American Government.
This country has already appointed delegates to represent China in
the coming International Opium Conference at The Hague, as was
stated in this board’s note to the legation of August 31, 1910. As
soon as a date is set for the opening of the conference these
delegates will at once proceed to The Hague. We transmit this
information to your excellency in order that you may appraise your
Government thereof.
(Signed)
Prince of Ch’ing.Na-t’ung.
Tsou Chia-lai
.
Hu Wei-te.
Ts’ao Ju-lin.
