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

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

Department of State,
Washington , August 11, 1914, 5 p.m.

[Telegram]

Discreetly ascertain the views of the German Government as to the possibility of circumscribing the area of hostilities and maintaining the status quo in the Far East. This must not as yet be considered a formal proposal by this Government but an inquiry. The American Ambassador in Tokyo states that the German Ambassador there, who cannot communicate with Berlin direct, is also desirous of knowing the attitude of his Government.

Bryan