二美国档案中的‘东南互保’资料备忘録 中国公使今早来访,把适才收到的两湖总督张之洞电文的内容,通知了国务卿,这和昨天收到的刘坤一电文大意很是相似。他说东南诸省现在平静,他和他的同僚是完全能而且决定要维持和平;并且在他所统辖的五省内,制止对外人任何的危害。他请求美国为着自己本身起见,电示美司令官在这些省份内,当和平尚未破裂的时候,不要派遣任何军队或海军时入扬子江,并且要我们和其他各国开会,请求探取同样的步 Information Memorandum of “Mutual Security in Southeast Asia” from U.S. Archives China’s minister visited China this morning and informed the Secretary of State about the content of the telegram just arrived at by Governor Zhang Zhidong, which is very similar to what Liu Kunyi received yesterday . He said that the southeastern provinces are now calm. He and his colleagues are completely able and determined to maintain peace. And in any of the five governorates under his jurisdiction, they have put an end to any harm to outsiders. He asked the United States to act for its own sake by showing that when the United States commander in these provinces did not break the peace and did not send any troops or navy to the Yangtze River and asked us to meet with other countries and request exploration of the same steps