Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Address of the President to Congress December 4, 1917

File No. 837.156/256

The Acting Secretary of State to Minister Gonzales

[Telegram]

Department of State,
Washington , July 26, 1917, 7 p.m.

Your July 24, 11 a.m. You are instructed to congratulate the President upon his having been authorized by Congress to settle the Ports Company matter, and you will add that this Government now feels assured that a just and prompt settlement will be forthcoming.

Polk