File No. 763.72/468
The Ambassador in Turkey (Morgenthau) to the Secretary of State
Constantinople, August 8, 1914, 3 p.m.
[Received August 16, 10 p.m.]
[Telegram]
Local Turkish press expresses with considerable emphasis great disappointment at British Government’s having deprived Turkey of dreadnought. Censorship established on newspapers and telegrams and it is threatened that Embassy telegrams in cipher will not be accepted. Treasurer of American missions and of Constantinople Girls College is without available funds and desires privilege to have trustees in Boston [informed?]. He requests you are authorized to send him £6,000 on cruiser and is anxious to know immediately if he can expect this relief. In assisting send me sufficient funds so that with your approval I can also assist missionary and educational institutions. Navigation, latest information, is increasing and gold shipment is imperative to provide for needs of American institutions, Scorpion and stranded travelers, as Constantinople banks have abandoned all hopes of receiving help from financial centers and fear sequestration of their gold by Ottoman Government.