Office of the Historian

File No. 851.857/40

The Secretary of State to the Chargé in Germany (Grew)2

[Telegram]
Washington, December 9, 1916, 9 p. m.

3656. Department advised that unarmed French ship John Lambert, Montreal to Havre with cargo of coal, was cannonaded without notice by submarine of unknown nationality and sunk between Havre and Falmouth November 22 last. Five or six Americans were among the crew.

Please bring this case to notice of Foreign Minister with request for prompt investigation and report.

Lansing
  1. The same to the Ambassador in Austria-Hungary, No. 1447.↩