File No. 812.00/7529.

The American Ambassador to the Secretary of State.

[Telegrams—Paraphrases.]

238. The Governments of China, Italy, Germany and Portugal have notified the Provisional Government through their representatives here that their Chief Magistrates and Sovereigns, respectively, have signed autograph letters recognizing the present Provisional Government. The Governments of Chile, Belgium and Norway will probably recognize very soon.

Henry Lane Wilson.