Office of the Historian

File No. 763.72111N39/4

The Minister in Norway (Schmedeman) to the Secretary of State

American Legation,
Christiania, August 3, 1914, 10 a.m.
[Received 10:15 a.m.]

[Telegram]

On August 1 Norwegian Cabinet issued a proclamation that Norway will maintain strict neutrality in war between Austria-Hungary and Servia. Yesterday morning Cabinet issued an order to mobilize [Page 35] at once the entire navy and two brigades for coast defense. Export of grain and flour, potatoes, coal, coke and mineral oils temporarily prohibited. Storthing has been called for August 8.

Schmedeman