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

File No. 763.72/1180.

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

American Consulate General,
Cairo , November 7, 1914, 10 p.m.
[Received 11:58 p.m.]

[Telegram]

General commanding British Egypt issued to-day proclamation in the name of King George assuming sole burden of defending Egypt against Turkey, claiming violation Egyptian frontier and agreeing not to ask Mohammedan Egyptians’ assistance.

Arnold