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

Count Cassini to Mr. Hay.

[Translation.]

Washington , March 26, 1904 .

Mr. Secretary of State: By order of my Government I have the honor to bring to the knowledge of your excellency that, owing to existing circumstances, the lieutenant of His Majesty the Emperor in the Far East finds himself under the necessity of causing mines to be laid at the mouth of the Liao Ho River, near Inkow. Neutral merchant vessels may still be freely admitted into the above-named port on condition that they shall comply with the regulations issued for the purpose.

Be pleased, etc.,

Count Cassini.