File No. 493.00.
The Acting Secretary of State to the American Minister.
Washington, May 13, 1912.
Sir: The Department is in receipt of your dispatch No. 513 of April 11 last, and approves of the common plan of procedure proposed by the diplomatic body by which a commission appointed by it shall formulate certain general principles for the guidance of the various legations in disposing of the claims of their respective nationals growing out of the recent disturbances in China.
In this connection however you are referred to the Department’s instruction of April 4, 1912, relating to the manner of treating the claims of American citizens and firms.
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