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

The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Chile (Fletcher)

Department of State,
Washington, December 30, 1914, 5 p.m.

[Telegram]

Your December 29, 10 p.m., Sacramento. As circumstances of case appear to show that register was fraudulently obtained, Department of Commerce requests that Consul withhold ship’s papers and refuse to discharge crew until further notice. Consul instructed in this sense. Department of Commerce would be pleased to see vessel and crew interned.

Bryan