711.673/106: Telegram
The Acting Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Great Britain ( Davis )
1214. Consul at Jerusalem reports Dana, an American citizen, arrested and held for trial in local court for running over and killing [Page 677] Jewish woman. Consul is being instructed to request Dana’s surrender for proceedings in consular court and to inform local British authorities that in the absence of a final determination of the status of certain Turkish territories and of the rights of foreigners therein, this Government cannot acquiesce in their exercise of jurisdiction over American citizens which contravenes the right of United States, under existing treaties and usages, to maintain a court of justice separate from the local Administration for the exclusive cognizance of alleged offenses by American citizens in Jerusalem. You will communicate with British Government in same sense and request that authorities in Jerusalem be immediately instructed to deliver Dana to American Consul for appropriate proceedings.