Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Address of the President to Congress December 5, 1916

File No. 761.94/93

The Secretary of State to Ambassador Francis

[Telegram]

Department of State,
Washington, April 18, 1916, 6 p.m.

790. The Embassy at Tokyo recently reported publication in Japan of terms of an alliance between Russia and Japan. Although Foreign Office denied report the Embassy believed such a treaty about to be signed. Discreetly ascertain the facts if possible. Telegraph outline terms agreed upon or proposed.

Lansing