793.94/2338: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Consul General at Nanking (Peck)
103. For the Minister: Your October 26, 7 p.m., from Nanking. It is the Department’s feeling that such action as may be proposed in respect of paragraph 4 of the resolution which was voted upon on October 24 by the League Council should be taken in the first instance either by the Council or by Governments members of the League of Nations. The position of the United States Government throughout this dispute has been and continues to be that, since the dispute was referred to the League by China, and since the League is treating the matter, this Government does not wish to cause confusion by taking, itself, an independent initiative and has been and is ready to reinforce so far as practicable the efforts of the League to adjust this dispute by peaceful means. This Government prefers, until specifically informed regarding action taken by members of the League in connection with paragraph 4 of the October 24 resolution, to refrain from commitment as to the request under reference.