January 13, 1905
To the Senate and House of Representatives:
I transmit herewith, for the consideration of Congress, a report by the Secretary of State concerning the importance of reform in our extraterritorial judicial system in China and Korea, with accompanying papers, including a draft of an act providing for the establishment of a district court of the United States for China and Korea.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
Theodore Roosevelt, Special Message Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/207021