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G. F. Seward to Wm. M. Evarts, July 6, 1880
No. 174. Mr. Seward to Mr. Evarts.
Legation of the United States, Pelting, July 6, 1880. (Received August 27.)
No. 719.]
Sir: I have the honor to hand to you, herewith, a copy of a dispatch which I have received from our consul at Ningpo, discussing the question why foreign officials should not make use of their own language in their communications to the Chinese authorities, and stating his conviction that the time has come when the Chinese should be called upon to do their share of the work of translating official communications.
I have responded to Dr. Lord, that he is at liberty to send his dispatches to the authorities in English if he can do so without sacrificing any of the interests committed to him.
I have, &c.,
GEORGE F. SEWARD.
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U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian. Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress, With the Annual Message of the P.