Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 5, 1905

The Secretary of State to Chargé Coolidge.

[Telegram—Paraphrase.]

Department of State,
Washington, January 17, 1905.

(Mr. Hay informs Mr. Coolidge that Department’s telegram of the 14th instant is not intended to mean that the Government of the United States has adopted the point of view of the Russian Government. In answering the assertion of that government confidence was expressed that neither combatant would violate Chinese neutrality.)