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

The Acting Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Japan (Guthrie) and the Chargé d’Affaires in China (MacMurray)

Department of State,
Washington, September 12, 1914, 3 p.m.

[Telegram]

Ascertain and report as to truth of statements made in English press that Japanese Government proposes to extend war to regions east of Hwang-ho River and expel all Germans not only from Dalny but from Mukden, Changchun, and even Tientsin.

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