Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 3, 1912

File No. 893.00/1413.

The American Ambassador to Italy to the Secretary of State.

[Telegram.—Paraphrase.]

American Embassy,
Rome, August 9, 1912.

The Foreign Minister says that while conditions in the Chinese Republic remain precarious and provisional, formal recognition would be premature. It is the duty of the Powers to make sure that the Government can effectively assume obligations. The Italian Government will therefore wait and observe.

O’Brien.