File No. 763.72112/683

The Acting Secretary of State to the Chilean Ambassador (Suarez-Mujica)

Memorandum

In a memorandum received at the Department of State on November 17, 1914, the Ambassador of Chile communicated to the Secretary of State a telegram addressed to the Ambassador by the Chilean Minister of Foreign Relations, dated November 13, 1914, in relation to the proposed establishment of a neutral zone in the Atlantic Ocean, from the American coast to the meridian of Cape Verde, in order to prevent the serious disturbances which have been caused to American maritime commerce by the present war in Europe.1

In the telegram the views of the Chilean Minister of Foreign Relations, as communicated to the Brazilian Government, are expressed, and the Chilean Ambassador is instructed to communicate the same to the Secretary of State and to request an expression of his opinion thereon.

In reply the Secretary of State begs to say that he understands that the Pan-American Neutrality Commission, composed of representatives of the American Republics, will consider the suggestions presented in the Chilean Ambassador’s memorandum.

Robert Lansing
  1. Ante, p. 435.