ovember 9, 1914.

The American Embassy has the honour to submit the following copy
of a telegram which the Ambassador at Berlin has sent to the
Department of State at Washington:

"Order for internment British between 17 and 55 has gone into
effect. This does not apply to clericals, doctors, or women, or
to British subjects from colonies or protectorates where Germans
are not interned. German Government wishes to receive official
information regarding such colonies, as it understands Germans
are interned in South Africa. Germany is willing to release men
over 45 if England will do so. Germans over 45, except officers,
have no compulsory military obligations."

American Embassy, London, Nov. 9, 1914.

_Memorandum by Sir Edward Grey._

The American Ambassador asked me to-day whether the American
Embassy would be allowed, as reports were being made in Germany
about the treatment of German civilians in England, to send
someone to visit the Germans interned in Newbury and Newcastle.

The Ambassador also said that he had received specific
complaints from Germans interned in Queensferry.

He has given me the following copy of a letter from the American
Ambassador in Berlin.

The object of the Ambassador's enquiry is simply, by bringing
out the facts, to prevent false statements from doing harm in
Germany, and at the same time, I assume, to contribute to the
remedying of any grievances that may exist.

The American Ambassador in Berlin is, I know, doing all in his
power to secure good treatment for British subjects in Germany,
and I think that it would be desirable to let the American
Embassy here have full information as to our treatment of
Germans.

I have, etc.,
E. GREY.
Foreign Office, November 13, 1914.

_Mr. Gerard to Mr. Page._
American Embassy, Berlin.
November 8, 1914.

Sir,--Although it may already be too late to be of much
practical effect, I feel it my duty, in the interest of
humanity, to urge upon you to obtain some formal declaration on
the part of the British Government, as to its purpose in
ordering the wholesale concentration of Germans in Great Britain