Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Address of the President to Congress December 2, 1913

File No. 367.114M69/126.

The American Ambassador to the Secretary of State.

[Telegram.]

American Embassy,
Pera, May 16, 1912.

Your May 15. With the unofficial cooperation of the city and naval authorities at Smyrna, Upham and Fowle are of opinion:

1. That the Texas was out of order and disregarding regulations for passing through a mine field.

2. That the Turkish authorities took every precaution to prevent disaster and to warn the Texas.

3. That the Texas ran against a mine and sank.

I await certain data promised me by the Minister for Foreign Affairs, on receipt of which I will make an official report.

Rockhill.