Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1914, Supplement, The World War

The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Great Britain (Page)¹

Department of State,
Washington, August 7, 1914, 8 p.m.

[Telegram]

Say to Foreign Office that Government of United States is deeply interested in welfare of Republic of Liberia for historical and philanthropical reasons and feels confident that the neutrality of the Republic will be respected by the Government of Great Britain but would like to give to the Government of Liberia the official assurance of the British Government to that effect. Similar telegrams have been sent to Paris and Berlin.

Bryan

1. The same, mutatis mutandis, to the Ambassadors in France and Germany.