File No. 812.6363/171.

The Secretary of State to Vice Consul Bevan.

No. 720.]

Sir: The Department has received your despatch No. 1355 of February 7, 1915, enclosing [etc.]

If the American companies concerned desire the Department to protest against the application to them of the provisions of the decree referred to, they should so inform the Department.

I am [etc.]

For the Secretary of State:
Wilbur J. Carr.