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

File No. 793.94/218.

Ambassador Guthrie to the Secretary of State.

[Telegram—Extract.]

American Embassy,
Tokyo , February 1, 1915—11 a.m.

Our telegram of January 31, 11 a.m.¹⁷ Can not obtain further details concerning Japan’s demands on China but have statement from authority which can be relied on that they do not affect Yangtze valley. Allegations of Chino-German alliance are believed to have emanated from German sources in Peking.

Guthrie.

17. Not printed.