File No. 701.6311/156
The Acting Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Austria-Hungary (Penfield)
[Telegram]
Washington,
September 22, 1915, 9 p. m.
910. To-day Doctor Dumba informs Department leave of absence granted him officially by his Government. He requests safe-conduct for himself and Madame Dumba on steamship Rotterdam, sailing September 28. Department has replied that it is still await a definite reply from Vienna to its note of September 8, requesting his recall. Urge an immediate reply.
Polk