File No. 763.72112/2465
The French Ambassador (Jusserand) to the Secretary of State
[Received April 25.]
Mr. Secretary of State: A note in reply to the one which your excellency caused to be delivered on November 5, 1915, to the British Government, and of which a copy was communicated to my Government, will be addressed to your excellency to-day through his excellency the Ambassador of Great Britain dealing with certain restrictions occasioned by the present war and looked upon as grievances by American merchants.
In compliance with the instructions furnished to me, I have the honor to inform your excellency that the Government of the Republic shares the views expressed by the British Government in the memorandum addressed to your excellency and feels justified in hoping that the American Government cannot but recognize the weight of the facts and arguments upon which they are based.
Please accept [etc.]