Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Address of the President to Congress December 7, 1915

File No. 812.6363/154.

The Secretary of State to Vice Consul Bevan.

[Telegram.]

Department of State,
Washington, January 25, 1915.

State to appropriate authority that companies should not be expected to agree to conform with prospective laws and regulations concerning provisions of which they are not informed, and that the United States Government protests against application of such requirement to American companies.

Bryan.