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

File No. 763.72112/1161

The Ambassador in Great Britain (Page) to the Secretary of State

[Telegram]

London, May 22, 1915.
[Received 10.20 p. m.]

2093 [2153?]. I have informally suggested to Sir Edward Grey that the British Government make an advance payment of the minimum price to owners of cotton cargoes that the Government proposes to buy without prejudice to the final negotiations.

The Cabinet can do no business till the task of reforming it is finished. All Government business except war business is at a practical standstill meanwhile.

American Ambassador