File No. 893.51/873.
The German Ambassador to the Acting Secretary of State.
Washington, May 5, 1912.
My Dear Mr. Wilson: With reference to our last conversation I beg to say that I have again been informed by my Government that Japan makes a reservation with regard to her claims in Mongolia. My Government considers that such claims go rather too far, but is ready to recognize the Russian and Japanese claims as far as they are based on written conventions concluded with the Chinese Government before the fall of the Manchu Dynasty.
I should be very much obliged to you if you would kindly let me know which point of view is taken by the Government of the United States.
With many thanks [etc.]