File No. 763.72/2477a
The Secretary of State to the Ambassadors in European Belligerent Countries
[Circular telegram]
Washington,
March 8, 1916, 7 p. m.
By a vote of 276, 93 of which were Republicans, to 142, 33 being Democrats, and therefore by a majority of 134, the House of Representatives yesterday tabled the McLemore resolution to warn Americans against traveling upon armed merchantmen of belligerents. This is a decisive victory for the President and is regarded as a vote of confidence in his conduct of foreign affairs.
Lansing