File No. 841.731/195
The Ambassador in Great Britain (Page) to the Secretary of State
London, January 4, 1915.
[Received 3:40 p.m.]
[Telegram]
1394. Your 804, December 22. British Government replies that telegrams from the Philippine Islands to the United States do not normally travel over British lines, and that unless particulars are furnished of the telegrams referred to it is not possible to make any effective inquiry into the matter. With regard to request of Compañia General de Tabacos Filipinos for permission to use a code word in signing telegrams exchanged with head office at Barcelona, Grey informs me that he has consulted; with the departments concerned and that the British Government cannot see their way to granting the desired privilege in view of the question of principle involved.