File No. 711.4216L/54
The Secretary of State to the British Ambassador
Washington, May 19, 1913.
Excellency: I have the honor to advise you that the Secretary of War has referred to this Department a telegram from the President of the Warroad Commercial Club, of Warroad, Minnesota, to the effect that the Lake of the Woods is flooding land on the American side of the boundary between the United States and Canada and that such flooding is due to the dam at Kenora, Ontario. It is stated that the water may be lowered if the Canadian authorities will remove the stop logs in the dam; and the good offices of the War Department are sought with a view to immediate action in order that extensive damage may be prevented at Warroad.
I shall be greatly obliged if you will bring this matter to the attention of the Canadian authorities and advise the Department of their reply.
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