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

File No. 763.72112/2742

The Russian Ambassador ( Bakhméteff ) to the Acting Secretary of State

No. 523

Newport, R. I. , July 20, 1916 .
[Received July 25.]

[Translation]

Mr. Acting Secretary: I am instructed to inform you that the Imperial Government, desirous of acting in perfect accord with its allies on questions of maritime warfare, joins the English and French Governments in denouncing the Declaration of London of 1909.

Begging you to make the foregoing known to the Federal Government, I take this opportunity [etc.]

G. Bakhméteff