893.102 Tientsin/642
The Department of State to the British Embassy
The Department of State thanks the British Embassy for the information contained in the Embassy’s aide-mémoire of April 15 and in its draft memorandum of April 16 in regard to silver and currency at Tientsin, both of which were left at the Department on April 17 by Mr. Butler.
While the Department of State does not wish to be considered as having taken a position in regard to the arrangement described in the British Embassy’s communications under reference, or as having concurred in the views expressed in the last sentence of the British Embassy’s aide-mémoire, the Department of State wishes to record its appreciation of the difficulties in the situation with which the British authorities are confronted at Tientsin, and of the patient effort with which those authorities have endeavored to meet the problems arising out of responsibilities connected with the British Concession there.