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

The Secretary of State to the Secretary of the Treasury ( McAdoo )

Department of State,
Washington , September 5, 1914.

[Telegram]

Referring to telephone communication from your department regarding shipment of war munitions and equipment through Alaska and your letter of the third instant giving further information in this case, Department advises that transit of these materials through the Territory of Alaska be refused.

W. J. Bryan