File No. 656.119/542
The Minister in the Netherlands ( Garrett) to the Secretary of State
[Telegram]
The Hague,
June 14 [13],
1918, 3 [4] p.m.
[Received June 14, 6.40 a.m.]
[Received June 14, 6.40 a.m.]
3163. My 3075, June 7, 12 noon.1 British Minister informs me that on June 7, a note was handed to the Netherlands Minister in London together with an explicatory memorandum and a statement of conditions regarding the Dutch convoy. The statement reads:
- (a)
- A detailed list of all passengers sailing in convoy to be furnished to His Majesty’s Government, none but present [Dutch] Government officials and their families being allowed to proceed.
- (b)
- Full particulars of cargo on board any merchant vessel sailing in convoy to be supplied in same way as is now done by Netherlands Overseas Trust in respect of ships under their control.
- [c?]
- Netherlands Government to give a formal guarantee that no goods shipped in convoy are either wholly or in part of enemy origin.
- (d)
- Ships sailing under the Dutch naval flag, including converted liners, not to carry any civilian passengers nor any goods or articles other than warlike stores destined for colonial authorities or forces of which complete lists should be furnished.
- (e)
- No mails or private papers, printed matter or parcels to be carried by any ship in the convoy (except official despatches of Dutch Government).
- (f)
- Convoy not to sail until the Netherlands Government agree to stipulated particulars, and undertakings have been furnished and have been found satisfactory by British authorities.
Garrett