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

File No. 893.51/1794

The Secretary of State to the French Ambassador

No. 1969

Department of State,
Washington, October 16, 1917.

Excellency: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of August 4, 1917, relative to the proposals of the Japanese Government concerning a consortium loan to China.

In reply to your request for an expression of opinion as to the views of the Government of the United States on the subject discussed in your note I have the honor to state that the matter is having at present the careful consideration of this Government which cannot at this time express an opinion relative thereto.

Accept [etc.]

Robert Lansing