793.94/4027: Telegram
The Minister in China (Johnson) to the Secretary of State
[Received 9:12 p.m.]
Following telegram has been sent to Shanghai:
February 6, 7 p.m. Please communicate the following to Admiral Taylor:
“British Admiral informed British Minister Friday73 that he had seen the Japanese admiral who agreed that he (the Japanese admiral) would withdraw within the line of Settlement which includes salient of Hongkew Park if the Chinese will evacuate Chapei and Pao[shan?] behind line approximately joining north bend Soochow Creek in Settlement and Sikh crematory and sewage treatment works just north of Hongkew. Area evacuated to be occupied by international troops.
British Minister has shown this suggestion to Lo Wen-kan and Chen Ming-shu who agree in principle provided it does not imply 1900 [1901] protocol74 terms or principles at Shanghai and that it is only a temporary arrangement. They will discuss proposal in detail and inform Sir Miles tonight whether they are ready to instruct Chinese general at Shanghai and Mayor of Shanghai to negotiate on these terms. I hear you will cooperate with British commander in chief in his efforts to bring about cessation of hostilities and restoration of peaceful conduct at Shanghai.[”]
- February 5.↩
- Signed at Peking, September 7, 1901, Foreign Relations, 1901, Appendix (Affairs in China), p. 312.↩