File No. 363.117/8

The Secretary of State to the American Chargé d’Affaires.

No. 318.]

Sir: The Department has received your despatch No. 514, of August 4, 1913, transmitting a copy of your note of August 2nd to the Austro-Hungarian Foreign Office protesting against unwarranted arrests of naturalized American citizens in Austria-Hungary.

The Department approves of your note and hopes that it may have the desired effect.

I am [etc.]

For the Secretary of State:
J. B. Moore.