DEPARTMENT OF STATE.

274 SUBMARINE WARFARE.
File No. 841.857/239.
The Secretary of State to Charge Grew.
[Telegram—Paraphrase.]
No. 3651.] DEPARTMENT OF STATE,
Washington, December 9, 1916.
Mr. Lansing informs Mr. Grew that the Department has
been advised that the British steamer Trevarrick, which
had Americans on board, was sunk 90 miles off Ouessant
Point, on November 16, by a German submarine. The
ship was grain laden, bound from Buenos Aires to Hull.
Mr. Grew is instructed to request of the Foreign Minister
a prompt investigation and report.
File No. 841.857/308.
Ambassador Gerard to the Secretary of State.
[Telegram.]
No. 4948.] AMERICAN EMBASSY,
Berlin, January 29, 1917.
Following note received from the Foreign Office:
"FOREIGN OFFICE,
"Berlin, January 26, 1917.
" The* undersigned has the honor to inform His Excellency,
Mr. James W. Gerard, Ambassador of the United
States of America, in reply to the note of Mr. J. G. Grew,
dated December eleven, 1916, Foreign Office number
14829, relative to the sinking of the British steamer
Trevarrica by a German submarine, as follows:
"According to the facts as ascertained by the German
naval authorities, the British steamer Trevarraca, not
" Trevarrica," was stopped by a German submarine on
the morning of November sixteen, 1916: the crew left the
steamer without further delay when the signal to stop
was given and sailed away from the steamer in their
boats. The vessel was then sunk as an enemy vessel
after it had been searched.
"The undersigned requests that the above may be
brought to the cognizance of the American Government,
and avails himself, et cetera.
" (Signed) STTJMM."
File No. 300.115042/
Case of the "Ghemung."
Consul Putnam to the Secretary of State:
[Telegram.]
GERARD.
AMERICAN CONSULATE,
Valencia, {Received) Nov. 28, 1916.
American steamer Chemung sunk by gunfire and torpedo
by Austrian submarine fourteen miles east Cape de
Gata, ten twenty a. m., twenty-sixth. Crew brought to
Valencia; all well.
PUTNAM.