File No. 763.72112/3351a
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Great Britain ( Page)
[Telegram]
Washington,
February 5, 1917, 9 p.m.
4400. In view of urgent necessity in this country for various goods long awaiting shipment from Rotterdam and in view of changed shipping conditions and loss involved in further delay, it is considered an opportune moment to present newly, and independently of all former representations, an urgent request for prompt and favorable decision in general ruling upon all applications pending for American-owned goods now held in Rotterdam awaiting safe-sea assurance.
Lansing