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

File No. 893.811/239

Minister Reinsch to the Secretary of State

[Telegram]

American Legation,
Peking, January 11, 1917, 6 p.m.

In spite of the views of the Department indicated in your telegram January 8, 5 p.m., Corporation has instructed its representatives here to secure as soon as possible Chinese approval of Japanese participation in canal projects.

Reinsch