File No. 341.622a/122a
The Secretary of State to the German Ambassador ( Bernstorff )
No. 1919
Washington
,
May 4, 1916
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Excellency: Refferring to previous correspondence concerning the action of the British authorities in removing from the American S. S. China certain German and Austro-Hungarian subjects, I have the honor to inquire whether you can inform me whether any of the persons removed from that vessel were incorporated in the armed forces of Germany, Austria, or Turkey.
Accept [etc.]
Robert Lansing