Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Address of the President to Congress December 2, 1913

File No. 893.51/1289.

The American Minister to the Secretary of State.

[Telegram—Paraphrase.]

American Legation,
Peking, February 11, 1913—7 p.m.

German Minister instructed to ask British Minister to consent to a German for the salt administration. British when asked evaded direct reply. I said I would consent if others did.

Calhoun.