File No. 763.72/861
The Chargé d’Affaires in China (MacMurray) to the Secretary of State
American Legation,
Peking, September 15, 1914, 1 p.m.
[Received 8:00 a.m.]
Peking, September 15, 1914, 1 p.m.
[Received 8:00 a.m.]
[Telegram]
Your telegram of September 12, 3 p.m.
So far as can be determined press reports untrue. I am reliably informed that upon determining attack Tsingtao the Japanese Government stated to the Chinese Government that it would be necessary to make use of all of Shantung east of Hwang-ho. This the Chinese Government strongly opposed and it is now believed operations will not extend west of Weihsien. Germans not expelled from places mentioned by you.
MacMurray