File No. 763.72/1054
The Ambassador in Japan (Guthrie) to the Secretary of State
Tokyo, October 6, 1914, 10 p.m.
[Received 2:15 p.m.]
[Telegram]
Public notification issued by Japanese Navy Department to-day states that the portion of the Japanese Fleet assigned to engage the enemy squadron in the South Seas landed a force on Jaluit Island, [Page 184] Marshall Archipelago, destroyed all military works and received the surrender of the authorities without resistance. In reply to inquiry made by the naval attaché of the Embassy, the private secretary of the Minister of Marine stated that he thought it likely that small force had been left on the island but that if there was any occupation it was temporary and for military purposes only.