Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1917, Supplement 1, The World War

File No. 835.032/23

The Ambassador in Argentina ( Stimson) to the Secretary of State

[Telegram—Extract]

Buenos Aires, July 1, 1917, 12 noon.
[Received 7.30 p.m.]

In delayed annual message to Congress, of 18 newspaper columns, the President of Argentina reiterates effort to maintain neutrality, points with pride to settlement of Monte Protegido case; says, however, that two other similar cases are pending, and recites plan of congress of neutrals in Buenos Aires. The bulk of message is devoted to elaborate financial plans; …

Stimson