File No. 763.72111/348
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Turkey (Morgenthau)
Washington, August 26, 1914.
[Telegram]
Your undated telegram Received August 25. Under no circumstances offer any suggestions officially or unofficially to the Turkish Government or to any Turkish official relative to the question of Turkish neutrality in the present war. If, however, the Turkish Government, on its own initiative, should ask your opinion and advice, you will say that the Government of the United States, solely in the interest of humanity and from no political consideration, is desirous that there should be no further spread of the European conflict and most earnestly hopes that Turkey, inspired by the same motive, will find that her national interests do not prevent her from preserving neutrality.