File No. 763.72/83
The Ambassador in Austria-Hungary (Penfield) to the Secretary of State
Vienna, August 3, 1914, 5 p.m.
[Received 5 p.m.]
[Telegram]
Mobilization rapidly going forward with most men moving towards Russia. Public enthusiasm unbounded. Members of Imperial family and grandees working for Red Cross. Funds being rapidly raised, various bankers and commercial houses subscribed hundred thousand crowns each, equally distributed. Important Hungarian nobles giving generously to war. Austrian Government makes known there is extensive subversive element in Empire endangering safety, and patriots urged report same to War Ministry. Have caused banks pay sufficient get many Americans away. Sending many cables for Americans. When cases distress appear will [Page 37] relieve. Nothing serious thus far. Advising consuls Trieste, Fiume give all help Americans with banks and ships.