File No. 341.115R221
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Great Britain ( Page )
[Telegram]
Washington
,
May 17, 1915.
1575. Reagan Bale Company, Austin, Texas, shipped on Helge from Galveston 200 bales cotton sold to Norwegian spinner direct through Norwegian Minister, Washington. Cotton paid for through National City Bank. The detention of shipments to neutral purchasers is plainly illegal, inflicts serious damage upon American shippers and great injury to American cotton industry. Present this case to Foreign Office and insist that shipment be released.
Bryan