Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 3, 1906, (In two parts), Part I

The Secretary of State to Minister Rockhill.

[Telegram—Paraphrase.]

Department of State,
Washington, May 8, 1906.

(In reply to Mr. Rockhill’s telegram of the 3d instant he is informed that in discussing the regulations for the international settlements at Antung and Mukden it is expected that the American agent will, as far as possible, insist on rights of foreign residence free from irksome Chinese supervision, and will object to arbitrary regulations by which trade may be hampered.)