File No. 835.857/1
The Ambassador in Argentina ( Stimson) to the Secretary of State
[Received 5.50 p.m.]
Sinking of Argentine vessel Toro, loaded with wheat, hides, and meat, bound for Genoa with Argentine crew causes no excitement. Newspapers give it little space, leading ones have editorials; country principally interested in conflict between Congress and President over intervention of Buenos Aires Province.
[For correspondence relating to the stay of the American squadron at Rio de Janeiro, June 26–July 6, 1917, and demonstrations of friendship by the Brazilian Government and people, see Foreign Relations, 1917, pages 26–28.]
[For correspondence June 29–July 31, 1917, relating to the invitation of the Argentine Government to the American squadron to visit Buenos Aires, see Foreign Relations, 1917, pages 5 et seq.]