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

File No. 763.72/1884

The Ambassador in Germany (Gerard) to the Secretary of State

[Telegram]

Berlin, June 18, 1915, 2 p. m.
[Received June 19,11.50 a. m.]

2457. It is claimed here that the submarine U–29 was rammed by a British merchant steamer sailing under Swedish flag. This will have bad influence on Lusitania note situation.

Gerard