Letter

Prince Kung to To their excellencies, envoys extraordinary, April 16, 1873

Author

Prince Kung

Recipient

To their excellencies, envoys extraordinary

Date

April 16, 1873

Type

Letter

Language

English

[Inclosure 1.]

Prince Kung to the foreign ministers.

Prince Kung, chief secretary of state for foreign affairs, herewith makes a communication:

The collective note of the foreign ministers in which the prince and ministers of the yamên were requested to take His Majesty’s pleasure regarding an audience, has already been acknowledged.

Their excellencies were also informed that, on the return of the Emperor from the imperial tombs, the question would be submitted to His Majesty in a special memorial.

The memorial was presented on the 14th instant, and the memorialists have had the honor to receive in reply the following imperial rescript:

“Let the yamên in question satisfactorily arrange whatever matters connected with an audience that are necessary to be considered and report.”

“Respect this.”

It is the duty of the prince to communicate this to the ministers of Russia, Germany, the United States, England, and France.

Tung Chi, 12th year, 3d moon, 20th day—16th April, 1873.

To their excellencies, envoys extraordinary, &c., from Russia, Germany, the United States, Great Britain, France.

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.