File No. 841.731/1232
The Ambassador in Great Britain (Page) to the Secretary of State
[Received November 30.]
My Dear Mr. Lansing: Your personal letter of October 21 regarding the stopping of telegrams by the British authorities duly reached me, and has had my earnest consideration.
In pursuance of your suggestion, I sent Mr. Laughlin to the foreign Office several days ago to urge the matter informally and to explain the situation fully. He saw the official in charge of the bureau which deals with such questions, Mr. Montgomery, and followed your instructions exactly.
[Page 728]Mr. Montgomery promised to consult Sir Edward Grey personally, and gave Mr. Laughlin to understand that they would act on all my previous notes and give information on the line indicated by the French Foreign Office in the cases this Embassy has already presented, but called attention again to the immense labor involved and said he hoped that, if the coming investigation proved that most of the cases complained of did not involve the British authorities or that the messages were rightly stopped, I would not continue to press in future the general contention for examination in all cases.
As soon as I have any result from this step I shall write to you further.
Yours sincerely,