File No. 300.115Sa1
The Consul at Cardiff ( Lathrop) to the Secretary of State
[Received 5 p.m.]
Charles Edward Slater, master American S. S. Sacramento of San Francisco (owners: Bay Steamship Co. of America at New York), reports Sacramento on voyage Havre, France, to Cardiff, Wales, in ballast, was fired on without warning, seven shots at least, by submarine believed German, 11 a.m. January 6, two and one-half miles north Casquets Lighthouse, French coast. Vessel stopped after first shot, American flag hoisted, master proceeded in small boat with ship’s papers but submarine disappeared. Vessel proceeded on voyage, no casualties, arrived Cardiff January 8.