File No. 763.72/2513

The Ambassador in Italy ( Page ) to the Secretary of State

[Telegram]

604. Government sustained last night vote nearly 7 to 1; probably means two or more new members ministry representing democratic bloc, one minister of munitions.

Declaration of war with Germany before long seems indicated, but it substantially exists now.

American Embassy

[For the text of a resolution introduced in the Reichstag by the Socialist Party, calling on the Government to “do everything in its power to bring about an early peace,” see telegram No. 3654, March 22, 1916, received March 23, from the Ambassador in Germany, post, page 210.]