File No. 763.72/2441
The Ambassador in Austria-Hungary (Penfield) to the Secretary of State
[Telegram]
Vienna,
February 28, 1916, 4 p. m.
[Received February 29, 2.20 p. m.]
[Received February 29, 2.20 p. m.]
1168. I have been reliably informed that on Saturday, the 26th, Vienna press were advised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs that the relations between Germany and the United States had reached critical stage and they were instructed to exercise the greatest reserve in commenting thereon.
Penfield