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

File No. 763.72/1161

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

American Embassy,
London, November 2, 1914, 7 p.m.
[Received November 3, 8 a.m.]

[Telegram]

961. Sir Edward Grey informs me that the Germans laid mine fields north of Ireland from ships flying neutral flags. They are directly in the path of some of the transatlantic liners and the Olympic the other day was in dangerous proximity to the mines. This danger constantly spreads over a wider area.

American Ambassador