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

File No. 300.115/985

The Minister in the Netherlands (Van Dyke) to the Secretary of State

American Legation,
The Hague, October 27, 1914.
[Received 5:45 p.m.]

[Telegram]

54. Your 47, 24th. Foreign Minister says meat products not among prohibited exports because meat is plenty in Netherlands. Embargo intended to cover only things specially needed in this country. Articles added to prohibited exports since my 45 of October 12 are: potatoes, lead, cheese. This completes list to date.

Van Dyke