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

File No. 837.55/24.

The Secretary of State to the Chinese Minister.

No. 47.]

Department of State,
Washington, January 28, 1915.

Sir: Referring to the memorandum dated January 16, 1915, which you left at the Department of State on January 18, requesting the exercise of the good offices of the Government of the United States with the Government of Cuba toward obtaining a restoration of the order of the President of that Republic dated November 14, 1913, suspending the operation of the law governing the admission of Chinese into Cuba to such extent as to permit the acceptances of certificates issued by the Chinese Legation at Habana as sufficient evidence of the right of Chinese applicants to be admitted to that country and also remitting the head tax of five hundred dollars for each Chinese admitted, I have the honor to enclose herewith paraphrases of telegrams exchanged between the Department and the American Minister at Habana on this subject.

Accept [etc.]

For the Secretary of State:

Robert Lansing.