Woodrow Wilson to Emperor Taisho
Title
Woodrow Wilson to Emperor Taisho
Creator
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924
Identifier
WWP21207
Date
1917 April 14
Description
A letter of greeting to the Japanese emperor at the beginning of U.S. involvement in World War I.
Source
Library of Congress, Woodrow Wilson Papers, 1786-1957
Language
English
Text
THE WHITE HOUSE
His Imperial Majesty
I welcome Your Majesty's earnest words of greeting, and thank you in the name of my fellow–countrymen. Ever jealous of our civil rights and devoted to the maintenance of the sacred structure of our free commonwealth, we of the Western World find ourselves today among the defenders of the eternal principles of freedom and justice cherished by all mankind and are proud to be associated in the brotherhood of self–respecting independent nations in a common cause against the attempted domination of ruthless power. The spirit of unity for the accomplishment of a high purpose of paramount benefit to the human race animates our two countries and is a happy augury of their enduring fellowship.
Woodrow Wilson
Original Format
Letter
To
Taishō, Emperor of Japan, 1879-1926
Files
Collection
Citation
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924, “Woodrow Wilson to Emperor Taisho,” 1917 April 14, WWP21207, World War I Letters, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.