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 Acting Secretary of State to Minister Rockhill.

Department of State,
Washington, October 25, 1906.

No. 206.]

Sir: I have to acknowledge the receipt of your dispatch, No. 395, of the 12th ultimo, inclosing copies of notes from the Chinese foreign office stating that Mukden, Antung, Ta-tung-k’ou, T’ish-ling, T-ung-chiang-tzu, and Fa-k’umen have been opened to international trade.

The department is gratified that some progress is being made toward the settlement of a long-standing question.

I am, etc.,

Robert Bacon.