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

File No. 300.115/803

The Minister in the Netherlands (Van Dyke) to the Secretary of State

American Legation,
The Hague, October 16, 1914.
[Received 10:15 p.m.]

[Telegram]

47. Your 39, 15th. Every separate shipment must be consigned to Netherlands Government with consent given by Dutch Consul General, New York. Goods in order to be received by Holland-America, Line must be consigned to Government and not intended for reexportation.

Referring to my 44 and 45 answering your 33, I have already in formed you that exportation of cotton and fodder, including oil cake, is forbidden by Government. Cotton shipped to Holland and intended for Germany is in transit, which Netherlands Government does not forbid, but such shipments are at the shipper’s risk.

Van Dyke