Minister Rockhill to the Secretary of State.
[Telegram.—Paraphrase.]
American Legation,
Peking, July 14, 1905.
Peking, July 14, 1905.
(Mr. Rockhill reports that the foreign office has informed him that the provincial authorities have been strongly urged to restrain the boycott movement, that a very strong stand against this movement has been taken by the viceroy of this province, and that the authorities at Shanghai and elsewhere are opposing the agitators.)