Office of the Historian

File No. 811.142/292

The Chargé d’Affaires in Russia (Wilson) to the Secretary of State

American Embassy,
Petrograd, September 10, 1914.
[Received 7:06 p.m.]

[Telegram]

9. Russian Government is still waiting England’s action concerning Red Cross ship Hamburg. Papers report that ship detained at request British Ambassador, Washington, as most of crew discovered to be Germans. Request from beginning has caused bad impression at Foreign Office and in press.

Wilson