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

File No. 763.72112/1839

The Vice Consul at London (Westacott) to the Secretary of State

[Telegram]

London, November 4, 1915.
[Received 1.20 p. m.]

Replying question in Parliament regarding rules by which nationality of merchant vessels is to be decided subsequently abrogation Article 57 Declaration of London Grey stated “nationality of a prize is matter to be determined by prize court.”

Westacott