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

Mr. Townsend to Mr. Hay.

[Telegram.—Paraphrase.]

American Legation,
Brussels, February 16, 1904.

(Mr. Townsend reports that the Belgian Government is prepared to accept the proposition of the Government of the United States, with the understanding that “administrative entity” does not include Manchuria. The Belgian representatives at St. Petersburg, Tokyo, and Peking will be instructed to that effect.)