Office of the Historian

File No. 763.72119/23

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

American Embassy,
Berlin, September 12, 1914, 9 a.m.
[Received 10:30 p.m.]

[Telegram]

110. I presented the matter referred to in the conversation between Mr. Oscar Straus and Count Bernstorff in an informal manner not wishing to receive a refusal so formal as to prevent future similar offers. Have had no answer but know that time is not yet ripe. I think possibly the Kaiser’s letter to the President about dumdum bullets, etc.1, offers an opportunity to get in the situation in a conciliatory capacity and suggest that you request me to investigate the charges made.

Gerard
  1. post, p. 794.↩