One of said dispatches is as follows:
WASHINGTON, _September 4, 1888_.
DENBY,
_Minister, Peking_:
Rejection of treaty is reported here. What information have you?
BAYARD.
Two replies to this dispatch were made by our minister to China, dated,
respectively, September 5 and September 6, 1888. They were heretofore,
and on September 7, 1888,[26] sent to the Senate, and are printed in Senate
Executive Document No. 271.
The other of said dispatches is as follows:
WASHINGTON, _September 18, 1888_.
DENBY,
_Minister, Peking_:
The bill has passed both Houses of Congress for total exclusion of
Chinese and awaits President's approval. Public feeling on the Pacific
Coast excited in favor of it, and situation is critical. Impress upon
Government of China necessity for instant decision in the interest of
treaty relations and amity.
BAYARD.
The answer of our minister at Peking to this dispatch, dated September
21, 1888, was yesterday sent to the Senate with the message to which
this is a supplement.
The matters herein contained are now transmitted, to the end that they
may, if deemed pertinent, be added to the response already made to the
Senate resolution of inquiry, and with the intent that in any view of
the subject the answer to said resolution may be full and complete.
GROVER CLEVELAND.
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