File No. 763.72/1245
The Ambassador in Great Britain (Page) to the Secretary of State 1
American Embassy,
London, November 23, 1914.
[Received 4 p.m.]
London, November 23, 1914.
[Received 4 p.m.]
[Telegram]
1117. Department’s circular instruction September 23 re neutralization of the African conventional free-trade zone.2 Foreign Office states that such a proposal would not be practicable in view of the hostilities which have already taken place on both sides which include attacks made by German forces on British East Africa, British Central Africa, and Albertville and asks that this reply be communicated to the German Government.
American Ambassador