Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1918, Supplement 2, The World War

File No. 863.852/50

The Secretary of State to the Minister in Switzerland ( Stovall )

[Telegram—Extract]

Washington , June 21, 1917 .

686. For Ferruccio Schiavon, Lucerne [from Phelps Bros.]:

Yours 11th received.¹ Conforming your 3d have sold, to net owners except [sic] less expenses, Virginia $202.50, Borneo $144, Erodiade $162, Himalaia $171, other two Tripco[vich] $144, Atlantica two $162. All sold [under] full restrictions and in present condition free of any liability of owner for damage. For all eight steamers we have closed subject to your confirmation at $15 gross additional per dead-weight ton for removal of all restrictions. Answer quick. …²

Lansing

1. Not printed.
2. In a telegram forwarded by the Minister in Switzerland, July 3, the agent of the Austrian owners reported: “Sale eight boats approved by all concerned.” (File No. 863.852/61.)