Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1916, Supplement, The World War

File No. 763.72/2499

The Minister in Portugal (Birch) to the Secretary of State

[Telegram]

Lisbon, March 16, 1916, 11 a. m.
[Received 5 p. m.]

36. Diplomatic relations broken off between Portugal and Austria-Hungary. No declaration of war. Austro-Hungarian Minister leaving to-day.

Birch

[For statements regarding peace terms and the possibility of mediation made by the Chancellor in a conversation with the Ambassador, see telegram No. 3640, March 18, 1916, received March 19, from the Ambassador in Germany, post, page 207.]