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

File No. 761.94/98

The Acting Secretary of State to Ambassador Guthrie

[Telegram]

Department of State,
Washington, July 13, 1916, 6 p.m.

Has Embassy any reason to believe that there are other matters embraced in the new Russo-Japanese treaty in addition to the two paragraphs quoted in your July 7, midnight? Has Embassy received any assurance that full text of treaty will be published? Telegraph Department any important developments and whether, in your opinion, any American rights are likely to be impaired.

Polk