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

File No. 763.72/324

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

American Legation,
Peking, August 11, 1914, 5 p.m.
[Received 11 a.m.]

[Telegram—Extract]

Japanese Chargé d’Affaires reliably quoted as stating that his Government would welcome an opportunity to participate in taking Kiaochow and that an expedition for that purpose is available immediately. . . .

MacMurray