Letter
John Russell Young to George D. Bayard, March 30, 1885
No. 113.
Mr. Young to Mr. Bayard.
Legation of the United States, Peking, March 30, 1885. (Received May 13.)
No. 696.]
Sir: I have the honor to inclose a correspondence between the legation and the consul at Ningpo.
I have thought it well to say to the consul that as China and France are at peace with the United States, as we are officially informed that a state of war exists between the two nations, and as it is our duty to maintain an exact neutrality, he would be justified in refusing to enter or clear any vessels under the American flag supplying either belligerent with contraband of war.
I have, &c.,
JOHN RUSSELL YOUNG.
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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.