Office of the Historian

File No. 763.72115/308

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

American Embassy,
London, December 8, 1914.
[Received 11:45 p.m.]

[Telegram]

1222. Bryce suggests I transmit following telegram which he has received from bliss, president American Syrian College at Beirut:

British non-combatants including women ordered to interior as hostages pending release of detained Ottomans. Shall deeply appreciate any measures to avert this action made sinister by holy war proclamation.

American Ambassador