Mr. Hay to Mr. Storer.
[Telegram.—Paraphrase.]
Department of State,
Washington , February 13, 1904 .
Washington , February 13, 1904 .
(Mr. Hay informs Mr. Storer that this Government desires China’s neutrality to be respected everywhere so far as is practicable in a state of war which must of course be carried on in part on the waters or soil of China. But to make a general agreement of the powers possible this Government does not specify metes or bounds.)