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

File No. 763.72/631

The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Germany (Gerard)

Department of State,
Washington, August 28, 1914, 7 p.m.

[Telegram]

Your August 22. As the United States did not ratify the Congo Act of February 26, 1885, relative to the neutralization of the colonies lying within the conventional free-trade zone, it cannot be considered a party to this treaty, and therefore is not in a position to take the action in this matter requested by the German Government.

Bryan