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

File No. 763.72112/115

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

American Embassy,
Berlin, August 28, 1914 11 a.m.
[Received August 29 5:15 p.m.]

[Telegram]

Foreign Office desires information as to the attitudes of England and France towards Declaration of London. Also in what light United States Government considers holding up of neutral vessels by England with special reference to legal points involved.

Gerard