File No. 862.85/150
The Minister in Uruguay ( Jeffery ) to the Secretary of State
[Telegram]
Montevideo
,
September 14, 1917, 12 noon
.
[Received 6 p.m.]
[Received 6 p.m.]
Police authorities of port of Montevideo to-day have placed all German ships under police control. Rumors of possible injury to ships is the reason assigned for this action. Germans have been taken off ships.
Jeffery