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. 493.11/366.

The American Minister to the Secretary of State.

[Telegram.—Paraphrase.]

American Legation,
Peking, December 30, 1912.

Private suggestion of Dutch and German Ministers that consent be given to extension of indemnity payments provided a majority of the interested ministers agree. I submit the question for your instruction.

Calhoun.