The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Germany ( Gerard )
2982. Your 3843 May 4. List of drugs and medical appliances which British Government proposed be exempted by general agreement of belligerents from treatment as contraband of war on ground that they serve exclusively to aid sick and wounded forwarded to you in Department’s instruction June 25, 1915,2 and you were instructed to present same to German Government. Was such list presented? Did German Government intend to answer this proposal by handing you copy of their note of October 15, 1915,3 to Spanish Ambassador? Has German Government given you any other reply? Also ascertain whether German Government has forwarded answer to English proposition to British Government through any other medium. Immediate answer very important.