Letter

Ministers of the foreign office to Frederick F. Low, March 7, 1873

Author

Ministers of the foreign office

Recipient

Frederick F. Low

Date

March 7, 1873

Type

Letter

Language

English

[Inclosure 4.]

Ministers of the foreign office to Mr. Low.

Peking, March 7, 1873.

Sir: On the 24th February we received from their excellencies the foreign ministers a collective note, and on the 4th March we sent messengers to the residence of M. Bismarck, the German interpreter, with directions to request their excellencies to name a place for an interview, in order that we might fix upon a time for a general discussion.

Upon the 5th instant we again received a dispatch requesting us to name time and place for an interview.

We therefore propose, in the first instance, to meet their excellencies at the Russian legation, on the 11th instant, at 1 p.m., to discuss this matter, and we trust their excellencies will be able to meet at the time stated.

We herewith send notes to each of the other foreign ministers, as also to your excellency, with our compliments, &c.

[Cards of the ministers.]

Topics

19th Century Diplomacy Reconstruction

Sources

FRUS u2014 Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress, With the Annual Message of the P View original source ↗

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.