724.3415/3781: Telegram
The Consul at Geneva (Gilbert) to the Secretary of State
[Received June 1—2:35 p.m.]
123. Department’s 49, May 31, 8 p.m., first paragraph. General reaction here to the United States position in the matter of the Chaco arms embargo is one of extreme gratification. Current reports of the favorable steps being taken by Congress even prior to the formal declaration of the embargo obviously stimulated action by other states. League officials also from a technical point of view regard the declaration as evidence that in specific cases judged by the United States on their merits the latter is willing to cooperate effectively with the peace machinery of the League. Expressions of satisfaction have been made [Page 251] to me by officials of a large number of delegations even in quarters where it might be suspected that the prompt action of the United States was received with some dismay as eliminating an excuse for delay or for the adoption of a negative attitude.