File No. 763.72/442
The Ambassador in Turkey (Morgenthau) to the Secretary of State
American Embassy,
Constantinople, August 13, 1914, 3 p.m.
[Received August 16, 3:35 p.m.]
Constantinople, August 13, 1914, 3 p.m.
[Received August 16, 3:35 p.m.]
[Telegram]
General mobilization has been ordered. Moratorium established. Notwithstanding this all banks continue making cash payments in amounts. Parliament adjourned till November. French and Austrian guardships have departed.
Morgenthau