Mr. Griscom to Mr. Hay.
[Telegram.—Paraphrase.]
Legation of the United States,
Tokyo, July 20, 1903.
Tokyo, July 20, 1903.
(Mr. Griscom reports, in continuation of his telegram of July 14, that he is credibly informed Japan will propose to Russia:
- First. Integrity of China, and Chinese sovereignty in Manchuria to be maintained.
- Second. Russia not to administer Manchuria nor keep troops therein except necessary guards near railroads.
- Third. Japan to recognize all Russian rights in Manchuria based on treaties and conventions now published.
- Fourth. Russia to recognize that Japan is interested in a peculiar degree politically as well as commercially and industrially in Korea, as already stated in Anglo-Japanese treaty alliance.)