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

File No. 893.00/2586

Ambassador Page to the Secretary of State

[Telegram]

American Embassy,
London, June 5, 1917, 10 p.m.

6368. Your 4916, June 4, 3 p.m. Lord Robert Cecil must have a conference before can give a formal or final answer which he promises forthwith. His personal views are favorable to a joint representation but he considers China’s entry into war although secondary to domestic unity and peace of very great importance. China’s entry would deal a hard blow to Germany in trade relations after the war and he regards German fear of complete commercial isolation as one of the strongest kinds of pressure to bring peace.

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