Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Address of the President to Congress December 7, 1915

File No. 793.94/252.

The Secretary of State to Minister Reinsch.

[Telegram—Extract.]

Department of State,
Washington, March 18, 1915—2 p.m.

Your telegram of March 17, 7 p.m. The supplementary memorandum handed to this Government by Japan on February 22 is substantially identical with Article V of Chinese memorandum and was accompanied by a statement that these items were presented merely as requests for which friendly consideration was desired.

Copies of the American note and Japanese memoranda are being mailed to you.⁴¹ The first memorandum received here February 8 is identical with the Chinese first four articles except that item 2 of Article III is omitted. Both Japanese memoranda were communicated in strict confidence and are not to be communicated to China.

Bryan.

41. They were mailed to him on March 22, 1915.