Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Address of the President to Congress December 4, 1917

File No. 894.4054/11

The Secretary of State to the Japanese Ambassador

No. 21

Department of State,
Washington, April 28, 1917.

Excellency: Referring to your memorandum of April 17, 1917, accompanying a transcript of the Japanese law relating to marriage, I have the honor to enclose herewith the copy of a letter from the Department of Labor asking for further information upon the subject of marriage by proxy.

Accept [etc.]

Robert Lansing