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

File No. 763.72116/18

The Secretary of State to the Consul General at Antwerp (Diederch)

Department of State,
Washington, September 4, 1914.

[Telegram]

Your September 2.¹ Please confine yourself to statement of facts. Our neutrality does not permit an expression of opinion by our diplomatic or consular officers.

Bryan

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