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

File No. 763.72/1159

The Consul General at Cairo (Arnold) to the Secretary of State

American Consulate General,
Cairo, November 2, 1914, 1 p.m.
[Received 10:55 a.m.]

[Telegram]

British Chargé d’Affaires just notified me that General commanding British Army occupation in Egypt has been ordered by British Government to assume military control and protection of Egypt and that martial law will be proclaimed here to-day and that the Government of Great Britain will not assume responsibility for any person disobeying orders of the General.

Arnold