Office of the Historian

File No. 763.72/1238

The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Turkey (Morgenthau)

Department of State,
Washington, November 24, 1914, 1 p.m.

[Telegram]

64. Department is seriously concerned over your 38 of November 15, 9 p.m. Please report more fully in regard to proclamation of holy war of Islam concerning which Department has no information.

Department cautions you against making any statements which could give the impression that the United States was considering taking sides in the present conflict, and desires you to maintain the policy of strict neutrality which the Government of the United States has assumed in its relations to the belligerent nations in all parts of the world.

Bryan