File No. 763.72/1320
The Minister in China (Reinsch) to the Secretary of State
Peking, December 18, 1914, 7 p.m.
[Received 10:30 a.m.]
[Telegram]
Items for the information of the Department. There is a serious controversy between Japanese and Chinese, former demanding right to appoint customs officials Tsingtao, latter unwilling to relinquish power of appointment though ready to name Japanese officials. Aglen is much concerned as question involves unity of customs service.
Consul General at Mukden reports that six regiments of Japanese troops [are] to be stationed at Mukden.
The Japanese commander in chief Tsingtao expressed American [military attachés?] visiting there that he had been expecting return of American Consul for some time.