File No. 763.72/7182
The Secretary of State to the French Ambassador ( Jusserand)
Excellency: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of October 6, 1917, wherein, with reference to the question of utilizing to the best advantage China’s assistance in the war, you advise me of the instructions sent by your Government to the French Ambassador at Tokyo with a view to obtaining additional Japanese tonnage for the transportation of Chinese for service with the Entente armies, and express the hope of your Government that the Government of the United States will assist by bringing this question into the number of those that are being discussed between the Governments of the United States and of Japan.
[Page 697]In reply I have the honor to say that, as the matters touched upon in your note involve the participation of China in the war, the whole subject is having the attention of the Department.
Accept [etc.]