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

File No. 763.72/1030

The Minister in Portugal (Birch) to the Secretary of State

American Legation,
Lisbon, October 2, 1914, 12 noon.
[Received 2:80 p.m.]

[Telegram]

It is affirmed, though unofficially, that Portugal, in accordance with English treaty obligation, will enter the war. It is my opinion that the above action will unquestionably be taken as soon as preparations shall have been completed.

Birch