File No. 763.72112/2244
The Ambassador in Great Britain (Page) to the Secretary of State
[Telegram]
London,
February 21, 1916, 8 p. m.
[Received 11 p. m.]
[Received 11 p. m.]
3833. I hear indirectly that the British and French answer to our long shipping note of November 73 will contain an expression of willingness after the war to submit to some international tribunal the validity under international law of the order in council of March 11 and to pay damages if the decision is adverse to the British position. I cannot verify this report but I think it is probably true.
American Embassy
- Should be November 5, date on which the note of October 21 was delivered in London. See Foreign Relations, 1915, Supplement, pp. 578–601.↩