File No. 150.07/46
The Austro-Hungarian Ambassador (Dumba) to the Secretary of State
Manchester, Massachusetts, October 12, 1914.
[Received October 15.]
Sir: In reply to your note dated October 3 concerning the permission for nationals of belligerent countries to come to the United States from Canada for the purpose of embarking to the countries of which they are citizens or subjects, I beg state, that this permission will hardly concern Austrian or Hungarian citizens, as Austrian and Hungarian reservists are practically debarred from the possibility to reach the Monarchy. To facilitate their passage to the United States would practically mean to increase the number of unemployed in this country liable to become a public burden.
Moreover the Embassy is informed that the Canadian Government takes all possible precautions to prevent Austrian and Hungarian reservists from leaving the country.
Accept [etc.]