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The United States will hold the Chinese government responsible for any losses incurred due to the anti-American boycott. Despite reports, Japan has not been aiding China. Transcribed are three messages to the Foreign Office and two newspaper articles, from the North China Daily Times and the Chefoo Daily News.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-08-17
Secretary of State Root encloses a dispatch from Minister William Woodville Rockhill of a translated note from Prince Ching regarding the Chinese government’s attitude towards the boycott of American products.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-10-05
Ambassador Rockhill updates Secretary of State Hay on China’s concerns about the upcoming negotiations between Russia and Japan. Rockhill states the Chinese government wanted to participate in the negotiations; however, Rockhill was able to convince the Chinese officials to avoid hasty actions that could cause embarrassment.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-07-01
The American China Development Company is negotiating development of the Canton-Hankow railway. China may have other foreign investors standing by. William Woodville Rockhill does not think the threat to American business is serious. Rockhill confirms the receipt of two telegrams, and transcribes a memorandum of the British Minister, a dispatch from the Foreign Office, and a note to the Foreign Office regarding the railroad.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-08-17
William Woodville Rockhill transcribes correspondence with Yikuang, of the Chinese foreign ministry, regarding the boycott.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-08-29
William Woodville Rockhill acknowledges receipt of a telegram from Herbert H. D. Peirce indicating that the United States will do all it can to preserve the territorial integrity of China during the peace negotiations between Japan and Russia. Rockhill believes the Chinese Government is apprehensive that Japan may seek to secure the reversion of concessions made to Russia of rights in Manchuria. Rockhill also encloses the translation of a despatch sent to him by Yikuang of the Chinese foreign ministry.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-07-08
Ambassador Rockhill updates Acting Secretary of State Loomis regarding the rumored boycotts of American goods in China. The boycotts of American goods are a result of the unfair and restrictive immigrant laws the United States imposed on China. Rockhill encloses four attachments regarding communications with Prince Ching Yikuang, Chinese newspapers on the topic, police orders to stop congregations, and background information on the failed negotiations with the Chinese on immigration restrictions to the United States.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-07-06
Enclosed is a copy of the dispatch from Minister Conger which reports that Prince Ching Yikuang and Viceroy Shih-kai expressed a strong desire that the United States take an important part in the negotiations for peace between Japan and Russia.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-05-19
Minister to China Conger reports to Secretary of State Hay that China strongly wishes the United States to take an active role in brokering peace between Japan and Russia. In particular, Conger believes it would be beneficial for the United States to guarantee transfer of the railway in Manchuria to China, rather than Japan.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-03-31
Ambassador Rockhill provides additional information pertinent to efforts to localize the war in the Far East, which would require neutralization of territories that does not seem possible. A statement shared between China and Japan affirms China’s desire to remain neutral, although Rockhill notes that the arrival of neutral forces would disturb the people of China as well as the Imperial Court. The British and German governments do not agree with an interpretation of the 1900 Anglo-German treaty that would allow for the neutralization plan.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-02-06
Assistant Secretary of State Peirce represented President Roosevelt at the welcoming of Yikuang to America. Yikuang is staying at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel and has agreed to lunch with Roosevelt on Monday.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-08-09
Yikuang, from the Chinese ministry of foreign affairs, will be arriving in the United States, and Secretary of State Hay suggests that President Roosevelt invite him to a luncheon at Oyster Bay, New York.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-07-17