Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Address of the President to Congress December 8, 1914

File No. 493.11/513.

Chargé MacMurray to the Secretary of State.

[Telegram.]

American Legation,
Peking, August 19, 1914.

The Foreign Office states that the customs receipts will not suffice to meet in full the Boxer indemnity payments in addition to prior charges, and asks consent to China’s awaiting conclusion of the war to make up deficiencies.

MacMurray

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