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

File No. 763.72/5925

The Chargé in Siam ( Arnold) to the Secretary of State

[Telegram]

Bangkok, July 22, 1917, 9 a.m.
[Received 5.40 p.m.]

Siam declared war against Germany and Austria about 6 o’clock a.m. to-day. Germans and Austrians are being interned. German and Austrian Legations protected by special guards. All German ships interned at once.

Arnold