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

File No. 841.857P43

The Consul General at London (Skinner) to the Secretary of State

[Telegram]

London, January 1, 1916 .
[Received 9 a. m.]

P. & O. liner Persia reported sunk, submarine, while approaching Alexandria. Robert N. McNeely, American Consul, Aden, going to post, left London as passenger. Nearly all on board perished.

Skinner