The Secretary of State to the Minister in China ( Reinsch)
[Telegram]
Washington,
January 5, 1918, 2 p.m.
British Government informs Department through Embassy at London that latest advices from Peking indicate that “Japanese [Page 139] group has decided to defer making proposed advance on account of uncertainty of political situation in China and until a stable government is in sight.” Telegraph whether this report is correct.
Lansing