File No. 841.711/593
The Ambassador in Germany ( Gerard ) to the Secretary of State
[Received June 17, 4 p. m.]
4007. Note to the Allies of May 24 relative to seizure and detention of the mails2 published in full in the German press. It is very favorably received by the moderate papers although Frankfurter Zeitung cannot agree to admit securities, checks, coupons, etc., are to be considered not as mail matter but merchandise. Radical papers discount the note and claim that the time has come for the threat which they consider is contained in the last paragraph of the German note of May 4 to be carried into effect.