File No. 893.001H85/1
The Secretary of State to the Chinese Minister ( Koo)
Washington,
September 14, 1918.
Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note No. 74 of the 5th instant, in which, by instruction of your Government, [Page 110] you advised me that His Excellency Hsü Shih-ch’ang has been elected President of the Republic of China for the next term in accordance with the laws of that Republic.
Thanking you for the information contained in your note, of which due note has been taken, I beg [etc.]
Robert Lansing