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Acting Secretary of State Loomis instructs Ambassador Conger not to interfere in trials or the imposition of sentences in the Shanghai cases. The State Department does not want the international settlement to become an “asylum for sedition and incitement to criminal acts.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-08-15
The State Department has determined that the six Chinese charged with sedition and arrested in the foreign settlement at Shanghai do not fall under article 18 of the treaty of 1858. The department is therefore not competent to authorize or concur in the individuals’ surrender or to interfere in the judicial procedure or imposition of sentences. This case will not set a precedent for sheltering treasonous Chinese citizens in the Shanghai foreign settlement.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-08-19
Douglas Robinson encloses a letter from Walter G. Oakman whose company, the Guaranty Trust Company of New York, is seeking to be the government’s representative in Manila, Philippines; Hong Kong; and Shanghai, China. Robinson knows Oakman well and describes him as a one of the best business men he knows. He was upset to hear of Ted Roosevelt’s appendicitis.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-12-13