763.72119/9122: Telegram

The Special Representative ( House ) to the Secretary of State

112. Queries to be sent to Berne, Copenhagen and Stockholm. Please furnish what information you can as to:

  • Query 1. The character of native authority prevailing in Courland, Esthonia and Finland; the national elements represented; relation of directing heads to Russian and German revolutionary parties; the prevailing opinion in these territories on the subject of their status during the Peace Conference and in the Treaty of Peace.
  • Query 2. What authority prevails at present in the following places: Riga, Vilna, Kovno, Grodno, Memel, Konigsberg, Danzig, Tarnopol, Czernowitz, Teschen, Pressburg? The object of this query is to secure information as to the present relation between the Poles and the nationalities with whom they are in conflict.
  • Query 3. Have you any information showing extent of authority of the Czecho-Slovak Government at Prague over Slovak districts of Hungary?
  • Query 4. Send summary of ultimatum reported to have been delivered by the Government at Jassy to the Hungarian Government.
  • Query 5. Are you able to say whether the National Council in Bosnia recognizes the authority of the Government at Zagreb?
  • Query 6. Are any Polish or Bolshevist uprisings reported in Posen, Prussian Silesia or in the neighborhood of Danzig?

Edward House