Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 3, 1907, (In two parts), Part I

File No. 774/92.

Ambassador White to the Secretary of State.

[Telegram.—Paraphrase.]

American Embassy,
Paris,July 10, 1907.

(Mr. White informs Mr. Root, in reply to his cablegram of the 19th of June, that the French Government is willing to be represented on the international commission of investigation, provided, however, that the other powers interested agree thereto. The cooperation of China is assured, and an investigation will be extended to production of opium in China as well as to importation of foreign opium into that country. It is considered by the French Government that a commission is more practicable than a conference, which in its opinion would not possess necessary information for formulating regulations until a commission had previously made detailed investigation respecting the opium-production trade, use, and objections thereto.)