Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 6, 1910

Ambassador O’Brien to the Secretary of State.

[Telegram—Paraphrase.]

American Embassy,
Tokyo, January 8, 1910.

Mr. O’Brien states that he has learned indirectly from the prime minister that Japan will decline suggestion of December 18. He adds that a formal reply is being considered, but is not yet ready.