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

File No. 300.115/8721

The Consul General at Hamburg (Morgan) to the Secretary of State

[Telegram]

Hamburg, June 7, 1916, 12 noon .
[Received June 9, 1.50 p. m.]

3971. Department’s telegraphic instruction May 31. German Government does not intend to voluntarily institute prize court proceedings in case of S. S. Arabic. This equally applies to all vessels destroyed by Germany in the so-called war zone. Claimants may institute proceedings before prize court although monition is not issued.

Morgan