File No. 841.731/22
The Acting Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Great Britain (Page)
Washington, September 26, 1914.
[Telegram]
210. The Department has received a great many protests from commercial houses and boards of trade and transportation throughout the United States in regard to the suppression by British censors of cable communications to and from neutral countries. This considerably interferes with legitimate foreign commerce between the United States and neutral countries. You may present the matter to the British Foreign Office with the suggestion that the Department deems it very desirable to discontinue suppressing harmless commercial cables. Another great hardship has been that when suppressions have been made the senders of cables have not been informed of non-delivery. This should also be remedied. The Department is awaiting an early reply.