Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1914, Supplement, The World War

File No. 763.72111/4

The Secretary of State to the Chargé d’Affaires in China (MacMurray)

Department of State,
Washington, August 7, 1914, 5 p.m.

[Telegram]

Your August 3, 11 p.m. Previous to the receipt of your telegram the Chinese Minister here on August 3 left a memorandum with the Department requesting the American Government to take the action mentioned in your inquiry. The Department is giving the matter careful consideration.

Bryan