File No. 763.72/4047
The Secretary of State to the Minister in China ( Reinsch)
[Telegram]
Washington,
April 27, 1917, 4 p.m.
The Department was unable to comply with request in your cipher telegram of April 25, 1 p.m. The bill was signed on April 24. The interpretation is a matter of conjecture and must be decided by the Department of Justice.
Lansing