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

File No. 793.94/351a, b.

The Secretary of State to the Japanese Ambassador.⁵⁰

No. 118.]

Department of State,
Washington, May 12, 1915,

Excellency: I have the honor to enclose herewith for your information copy of a telegram sent by the Department of State yesterday afternoon to the American Embassy at Tokyo, relative to the treaty rights of the United States and its citizens in China in connection with any agreement or undertaking which has been entered into between the Governments of Japan and China as a result of the negotiations which have recently been conducted between those two Governments and which are still pending.

Accept [etc.]

W. J. Bryan.

50. Mutatis mutandis to the Chinese Minister.