Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1917, Supplement 2, The World War, Volume I

File No. 763.72/3697a

The Secretary of State to the Diplomatic Representatives in All Countries except Russia ¹

[Circular telegram]

Washington, April 6, 1917.

On April 6 Congress declared and President proclaimed that a state of war exists between the United States and the Imperial German Government. So inform the Government to which you are accredited.

Lansing

1. Telegram to the Ambassador in Russia printed in Foreign Relations, 1918, Russia, Vol. I, p. 20.