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

File No. 893.00/2656a

The Secretary of State to Chargé Wheeler

[Telegram]

Department of State,
Washington, July 3, 1917, 5 p.m.

Inform Foreign Office that the American Government concerned for safety of foreign residents of China is considering advisability of measures for their protection and would be glad to have views of the Japanese Government.

Lansing