Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Address of the President to Congress December 8, 1914

File No. 312.115/43.

The Secretary of State to Vice Consul Davis.

[Telegram.]

Department of State,
Washington, January 15, 1914,

If attempt is made to impose forced loans on Americans, you will make formal protest.

However, in case authorities persist in attempt to collect, advise Americans to pay under protest, making protest a matter of record if possible, and to take receipts for amounts paid.

Bryan

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