File No. 841.857Ar5/6
The Ambassador in Great Britain (Page) to the Secretary of State
[Received 1 p. m.]
2395. From information received by the consul at Bristol, the matter of the Armenian appears to be as follows: [Page 459]
Armenian, British merchantman, sailed Newport News to British port with contraband cargo, was hailed by German warship and ordered to stop but refused and endeavored to escape. She was then shelled and ultimately obliged surrender when her ship’s company were ordered to the boats and she was torpedoed and sunk. All loss of life appears to have occurred from the gunfire and not from ship’s company having to take the boats.