File No. 763.72111/4
The Chargé d’Affaires in China (MacMurray) to the Secretary of State
American Legation,
Peking, August 3, 1914, 11 p.m.
[Received 3 p.m.]
Peking, August 3, 1914, 11 p.m.
[Received 3 p.m.]
[Telegram]
I have been approached on behalf of the Minister for Foreign Affairs with an inquiry as to the consideration the American Government would give to a request that it endeavor to obtain the consent of the belligerent European nations to an undertaking not to engage in hostilities either in Chinese territory and marginal waters or in adjacent leased territories. I beg to request instructions whether or not to encourage the Chinese Government to make the request which it is thus tentatively considering.
MacMurray