File No. 763.72/795
The Ambassador in Great Britain ( Page ) to the Secretary of State
London , September 5, 1914.
[Received September 6, 12:45 a.m.]
[Telegram]
601: Your cables August 19 and 22.1 Sir E. Grey informs me that the reports he has received from Constantinople r and the British consuls in the Ottoman Empire are substantially identical with those which our Ambassador at Constantinople has furnished you. Sir Edward says he has good reason to fear that the spirit of unrest excited in Turkey by the present war, and fomented by outside influences may lead to anti-Christian risings and excesses. In view of this danger the British Ambassador at Constantinople has been instructed to state to Mr. Morgenthau that the British Government would welcome the presence of American warships on the coast of Asia Minor. Sir Edward asks me to repeat this statement to you.
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