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

File No. 763.72112/590

The British Ambassador (Spring Rice) to the Secretary of State

Washington, January 6, 1915.
[Received January 8.]

My Dear Mr. Secretary: I did not fail to telegraph to Sir E. Grey in the sense of your letter of the 5th relative to rosin. As you are aware, cargoes of rosin shipped prior to the declaration that rosin was contraband (with a reasonable delay), although they may be seized, can not be confiscated but must be paid for, if seized, in full.

I am [etc.]

Cecil Spring Rice