Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1917, Supplement 1, The World War - Office of the Historian

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Relations of Asiatic countries with the United States and with European belligerent countries as affected by the German submarine warfare

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China’s approval of the President’s suggestions of December 18, 1916, to belligerent governments—Requests for assurances by China in the event of severance of relations with Germany; attitude of the United States (Documents 596-617)
Severance of relations with Germany by China, March 14—Desires expressed by the Chinese Government; attitude of the United States—Declaration of war against Germany by Siam, July 22; discussion as to the disposition of German ships in Siamese ports—Declaration of war by China, August 14 (Documents 618-654)