File No. 861.85/14
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Cheat Britain ( Page )
[Telegram]
Washington
,
May 22, 1918, 11
a.m.
7854. For Sheldon [from War Trade Board]:
524. Your 575, Embassy 10034, May 13, 6 p.m. We recognize the force of the British view relative to requisitioned Russian shipping and will not press for application of principle of equal division of this tonnage.
Lansing