File No. 863.852/13
The Minister in Switzerland ( Stovall) to the Secretary of State
[Received 4.20 p.m.]
779. Replying No. 1644, 7th April. For Phelps Bros, [from Austro-Americana]:
Approve your action for our boats. You have authority together with Buenos Aires without referring any more to us to sell best possible all our other steamers, namely Martha, Virginia, Laura, Alice. Instruct our captains to cooperate fully with you. Provide for them, officers, and whole crew adequate board and continue payments as heretofore unless you secure them adequate employment. Cable name of European bankers who will pay us. Working on Tripcovich, Atlantica, and Orient steamers and cabling later [regarding] Austro-Americana crew.