File No. 851.857Su8/13
The Ambassador in Great Britain (Page) to the Secretary of State
[Telegram]
London,
March 28, 1916, 1 p. m.
[Received 12.45 p. m.]
[Received 12.45 p. m.]
4044. Your 3098, March 27, 1 p. m. In reply to my inquiry, the British Admiralty state categorically that Sussex was not armed, and further that it is not customary for cross-channel passenger steamers to be armed.
American Embassy