File No. 763.72/6381
The Secretary of State to the Minister in China ( Reinsch)
[Telegram]
Washington,
August 13, 1917, 5 p.m.
Your cipher telegrams of August 9, 8 p.m., and August 11, 11 p.m. The Department believes that the character of China’s participation [Page 456] in the war should be decided by her after consultation with all the Allied Governments. Consult your Allied colleagues informally and report their views.
Lansing