Office of the Historian

894.48B/502: Telegram

The Chargé in Japan (Caffery) to the Secretary of State

Tokyo, September 29, 1924—noon.
[Received September 29—8:35 a.m.]

247. My telegram no. 228, September 11, 5 p.m.49 I have received a note from the Minister of Foreign Affairs stating that the Japanese [Page 503] authorities have come to a decision in this matter.50 The note reads in part as follows:

“It has been decided to transfer the greater portion of these balances to fund of the memorial fraternity hospital foundation with the object of establishing another memorial hospital in Yokohama where the consequences of the earthquake disaster were most seriously felt. It has also been decided the remainder amounting to some yen 100,000 shall be used for the purpose of building a memorial seamen’s home in that port.”

Caffery
  1. Not printed.↩
  2. Disposition of unexpended balance of American Red Cross Japanese earthquake relief fund; see telegram no. 112, July 3, to the Chargé in Japan, p. 501.↩