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

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

Department of State,
Washington, October 5, 1914.

No. 514]

Excellency: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of August 31, 1914, in which you request that in the event of war being declared between Great Britain and Turkey American diplomatic and consular officers take charge of British interests in that country, and in reply to inform you that should such contingency arise the Department will be glad to take the action requested by you.

I have [etc.]

W. J. Bryan