Mr. Adee to Mr. Takahira.
Washington, September 2, 1904.
Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note No. 72, of the 30th ultimo, transmitting a copy of an agreement, containing three articles, concluded at Seoul between the minister of Japan on the one side and the Korean minister for foreign affairs and the minister of finance on the other, the first two articles of the agreement having been concluded and signed on the 19th ultimo, and the third article on the 22d ultimo.
In reply I have the honor to say that the Department has taken note of your statement of your Government’s purpose in negotiating the agreement and of its views regarding the effect of the agreement.
Accept, etc.,
Acting Secretary.