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

File No. 763.72/452

The Chargé d’Affaires in Greece (Whitehouse) to the Secretary of State

American Legation,
Athens, August 3, 1914, 4 p.m.
[Received August 17, 8 a.m.]

[Telegram]

Order of mobilization expected to-morrow or next day. Fleet is now near the Dardanelles. Government has enough coal, but private supplies only sufficient for fifteen days. Austrian and Italian steamers have been requisitioned by their respective Governments, but Greek line is still running to Brindisi.

Whitehouse