File No. 811.142/1562a
The Secretary of State to the Chargé in Turkey (Philip)
[Telegram]
Washington,
April 19, 1916, 5 p. m.
2341. Department’s 2332, April 18. Large sums cannot be raised here as American people feel that it is duty of Germany to feed her allies. Allies decline permission for America to send provisions and food to blockaded Turkish coast.
Lansing