Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1914, Supplement, The World War

File No. 763.72111/752

The British Ambassador (Spring Rice) to the Acting Secretary of State

British Embassy,
Washington, November 24, 1914.
[Received November 25.]

Dear Mr. Lansing: With reference to your letter of the 20th instant¹ and previous correspondence respecting the Italian S. S. Amistà , Sir Edward Grey desires me to inform you that he has only just heard that this vessel did in fact put into Barbados on October 28, in accordance with her clearance papers. I am to express to you Sir Edward Grey’s regret for the inaccuracy on this point which was, quite unintentionally, contained in my note No. 371 of the 31st ultimo.²

I am [etc.]

Cecil Spring Rice

1. Not printed.
2. Ante, p. 629.