763.72112/2190½: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Great Britain (Page)
Washington,
January 20, 1916.
2753. Your 3585, January 15, 2 P. M.
While Department would regard with favor return of Great Britain to rules of blockade and contraband, I feel it would be [Page 306] unwise for me to make any statement of probable attitude of Department toward the hypothetical case stated by you because of its vagueness.
Lansing