The Secretary of State to Minister Griscom.
Washington, January 13, 1905.
Sir: The following telegraphic instruction has been dispatched to-day to the American ambassadors at Vienna, Paris, Berlin, London, and Rome, and to the American ministers at Brussels and Lisbon:
[Text of telegram printed under circulars, p. 1.]
The text of the foregoing telegram is communicated to you for your information and in order that you may be advised should the subject be mentioned to you by the minister for foreign affairs. It is not intended for communication to the government to which you are accredited, the sole object being to ascertain the position of the neutral powers in this relation.
I am, etc.,