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

File No. 763.72/346

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

American Legation,
Peking, August 12, 1914, 6 p.m.
[Received 10 a.m.]

[Telegram-Extract]

There is a persistent rumor . . . upon which the Chinese are founding extravagant hopes to the effect that the United. States is sending very considerable reenforcements to its Asiatic Fleet to assist China in case of need. I beg to request such information as may enable the Legation to speak authoritatively on this subject.

MacMurray