File No. 763.72/4509

The Liberian Consul General at Baltimore ( Lyon) to the Secretary of State

Sir: I have the honor to inform you that I have just received instructions from the Government of the Republic of Liberia that relations between her and the Imperial German Government have been severed, and the exequatur of the German representative has been revoked; and that the attitude of the Liberian Government is one of sympathetic cooperation with the United States and the Allied Governments of Europe.

I have been instructed to inform the great Government of the United States, whom Liberia considers to be her great and good friend. In support of these instructions I respectfully ask for a conference at such time as may be convenient. I shall upon your designation of the day and hour hasten to Washington.

For the Department’s file I am transmitting a copy of the cablegram.1

I have [etc.]

Ernest Lyon
  1. Not printed; see the note of May 8 to the Acting German Consul, post, p. 472.