File No. 312.93/76.
The Secretary of State to Consul Letcher.
[Telegram.]
Department of State,
Washington, May 5, 1914, 7 p.m.
Washington, May 5, 1914, 7 p.m.
Secretary of Labor states that newspaper reports of intention to modify regulations for admission of Chinese without foundation, but that “Whenever it becomes necessary in the interest of humanity and to save the lives of refugees to give them temporary asylum that course is being followed.”
Bryan
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