File No. 341.622a/120
The Ambassador in Great Britain ( Page ) to the Secretary of State
[Telegram]
London
,
May 5, 1916, 4 p. m.
[Received 5.40 p. m.]
[Received 5.40 p. m.]
4252. My 4242, May; 3, 5 p. m.2 Sir Edward Grey, has just informed me that His Majesty’s Government will release the men taken from the American steamer China by the British man-of-war Laurentic. He added that a memorandum is in preparation which he will give to me in a few days in which His Majesty’s Government explains that it cannot, however, open the door through which enemy reservists in neutral countries may reach their own countries.
American Embassy
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