Office of the Historian

File No. 763.72/377

The Danish Minister (Brun) to the Secretary of State

Danish Legation,
Bar Harbor, Maine,
August 12, 1914.
[Received August 14.]

Mr. Secretary of State: With reference to the note which I had the honor of addressing to you on the 6th instant regarding the intended closing of Danish territorial waters by mines during the present wars in Europe, I have been directed to furthermore notify you, in accordance with Article 4 of the Hague convention of October 18, 1907, that submarine mines have now been placed in the southern part of the Sund, between the island of Sealand and the island of Amager, and in the adjoining parts of the Bay of Kjøge.

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I beg to request that you will be so good as to acknowledge the receipt of this notification.

I have [etc.]

C. Brun