File No. 763.72/1460
The Minister in the Netherlands ( Van Dyke ) to the Secretary of State
[Telegram]
The Hague
,
February 16, 1915, 7 p. m.
[Received 9.15 p. m.]
[Received 9.15 p. m.]
151. The Foreign Minister in personal interview has asked me whether if a Dutch vessel should be sunk by a German war vessel by mistake under naval declaration of February 4 the Netherlands could count on the moral support of the United States. Answer by telegraph is requested.
Van Dyke