File No. 811.142/1515
The Ambassador in France ( Sharp ) to the Secretary of State
[Telegram]
Paris
,
April 4, 1916, 7 p. m.
[Received 9.15 p. m.]
[Received 9.15 p. m.]
1344. Department’s 1422, March 14. According to reply of Foreign Office to Embassy’s representations the Minister of Marine, although wishing to gratify the American Embassy, does not see how the blockade of the coast of Syria, regularly declared, can be modified in any way. The Minister of Marine therefore does not consider it possible under the circumstances to allow the ship, which the American Government propose to send, to enter a port of the blockaded zone.
Sharp