The Acting Secretary of State to the British Ambassador (Spring Rice)
memorandum
The Acting Secretary of State presents his compliments to His Excellency the British Ambassador and has the honor to acknowledge the receipt of his memorandum of August 29, 1914, in which he suggests that the presence of an American war vessel in Liberian waters is necessary to enable the Government of Liberia to discharge its obligations as a neutral.
In reply the British Embassy is advised that the suggestion made in its memorandum is receiving the Department’s consideration.
Department of State,
Washington,
October 8, 1914.