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

File No. 893.00/2608

Chargé Wheeler to the Secretary of State

[Telegrams]

American Embassy,
Tokyo, June 13, 1917.

Complete text of the note to China was for the first time published here today, copied from Shanghai newspapers. Comment shows decided betterment in feeling and I am confidentially informed that Foreign Office is making strong efforts to this end. The Vice Minister for Foreign Office told me this morning that the published reports to the effect that Japan was framing a “protest” were without foundation and that whatever communication was made on the subject would be of the most friendly tone.

Wheeler