Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 6, 1904

Mr. Conger to Mr. Hay.

[Telegram.—Paraphrase.]

American Legation,
Peking , August 6, 1904 .

(Mr. Conger asks whether the offer of the Chinese Government to set aside the opium revenue of the Szechuen Province and the Hsü-chou prefecture of the Kiangsu Province, amounting to about 600,000 taels annually, as a guaranty for the Whangpu conservancy scheme is satisfactory.)