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

File No. 763.72/51

The Ambassador in France (Herrick) to the Secretary of State

American Embassy,
Paris, August 1, 1914, 5 p.m.
[Received 6:45 p.m.]

[Telegram]

General mobilization called this afternoon. Some changes effected in Cabinet. Will send details later. Now see no hope of avoiding hostilities.

Herrick