Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 2, 1902

Mr. Hay to Mr. Conger.

Department of State,
Washington, October 13, 1902.

No. 574.]

Sir: I have to acknowledge the receipt of your dispatch No. 1067, of August 11 last, inclosing a copy of all the correspondence between you and the consul at Amoy in relation to the monopoly of the camphor trade in the province of Fuhkien granted by the Chinese Government to a Japanese subject.

Your representations to the consul on the subject appear to have been discreet.

I am, etc.,

John Hay.