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

File No. 763.72112/119

The Ambassador in Great Britain ( Page ) to the Secretary of State ¹

American Embassy,
London , September 1, 1914.
[Received 5:30 p.m.]

[Telegram]

547. With reference to the attitude of the Austro-Hungarian and German Governments regarding the Declaration of London, the British Government ask that further inquiry be made as to whether the two Governments in question have specified the articles which they intend to treat as contraband of war.

American Ambassador

1. Transmitted to the Ambassadors in Germany and Austria-Hungary, September 2.