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

File No. 367.116/298

The Ambassador in Turkey (Morgenthau) to the Secretary of State

[Telegram]

Constantinople, February 20, 1915, 5 p. m.
[Received February 21, 10 a. m.]

430. Your 397. Contents communicated to Minister of the Interior who states that there is no reason for apprehension and that Jews and Christians are properly protected. I am, however, in conformity with your instruction, requesting the Sublime Porte to send instructions to the civil and military authorities in Syria and Palestine.

American Ambassador