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

File No. 763.72/709

The Belgian Minister (Havenith) to the Secretary of State

Belgian Legation,
Washington, August 28, 1914.
[Received August 29.]

[Translation]

Mr. Secretary of State: I have the honor to inform your excellency that I have just received a cablegram from my Government advising me that Austria-Hungary had declared war on Belgium.

Be pleased [etc.]

E. Havenith