Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1915, Supplement, The World War

File No. 763.72111/2710

The Acting Secretary of the Navy (Burson) to the Secretary of State

Washington, August 10, 1915.

Sir: I have the honor to forward herewith, for your information, a copy of a cablegram, received from the commandant of the naval station, Guam, relative to the establishment of a censorship over the cables to that place.

Sincerely yours,

W. S. Burson

[Enclosure—Telegram—Paraphrase]

The Commandant of the Naval Station at Guam (Maxwell) to the Secretary of the Navy (Daniels)

Guam, August 10, 1915.

Have established censorship over the cable. The company demurred over censorship but commandant has taken charge of office.

Maxwell