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

File No. 763.72119/5

The Ambassador in Great Britain (Page) to the Secretary of State

American Embassy,
London, August 3, 1914, 6 p.m.
[Received 8 p.m.]

[Telegram]

258. Your August 1, 10 p.m.¹ My very definite opinion is that there is not the slightest chance of any result if our good offices be offered at any continental capital. This is confirmed by the judgment of the British Foreign Office. We may have a chance after the war has reached a breathing space.

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1. Ante, p. 29.