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

File No. 763.72112/1631

The Consul General at London (Skinner) to the Secretary of State

[Telegram]

London, September 27, 1915
[Received 5.30 p. m.]

Packers proposed to-day Vitalia cargo be forwarded Rotterdam to which port goods were originally consigned to Netherlands Trust, there to remain in storage and resold only under special resale licenses from trust, subject to British approval. Procurator refuses this request and active discharge of cargo begins to-morrow.

Skinner