Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 3, 1912

File No. 893.51/701.

The British Ambassador to the Secretary of State.

British Embassy,
Washington, December 18, 1911.

Dear Mr. Knox: There seems to be some difference of opinion among the representatives of the six powers at Peking regarding the desirability of making the loan proposed to Yuan Shih Kai unless the revolutionaries agree, which it seems they will not do, and my Government would like to know your view of the position before a final decision is reached.

Believe me [etc.]

James Bryce.