File No. 840.48/24
The Ambassador in Great Britain (Page) to the Secretary of State
London, August 6, 1914, 1 a.m.
[Received 6:45 a.m.]
[Telegram]
283. The American relief committee request me to send the following resolution adopted by them:
Resolved that the United States Government be requested to instruct its diplomatic representatives in Europe to obtain agreements of their respective foreign governments to refrain from interference with any vessels that a committee of American citizens may charter for the sole purpose of carrying American citizens home who are detained by the derangement of shipping caused by the present war; if possible, that vessels so chartered may be permitted to fly the American flag.