Archbishop of Baltimore to Woodrow Wilson
Title
Archbishop of Baltimore to Woodrow Wilson
Creator
Gibbons, James, 1834-1921
Identifier
WWP25477
Date
1918 November 16
Description
Cardinal Gibbons passes on word from the pope that Germany faces starvation.
Source
Library of Congress, Woodrow Wilson Papers
Publisher
Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum
Subject
World War, 1914-1918--United States
Food relief, American--Germany
Contributor
Danna Faulds
Relation
WWP25478
Language
English
Provenance
Document scan was taken from Library of Congress microfilm reel of the Wilson Papers. WWPL volunteers transcribed the text.
Text
My dear Mr. President:-
I have just received a cablegram from His Eminence the Cardinal Secretary of State, by which he, in the name of the Holy Father, requests me to make known to you the extremely grave food situation in Germany and that the population of that country implore you to provide for them at once in order to save them from sertain death.
In communicating to you this message of the Holy Father, I beg to say that I have just informed him that this Government is sending Mr. Herbert Hoover as Food Administrator to Europe to look into this very question of providing food for the suffering peoples there, that this country is fully alive to the seriousness of the situation and what it considers its duty in the matter.
I hope that you have received my letter addressed to you on the fifth instant.
With sentiments of the most profound respect, I am, my dear Mr. President,
Yours very sincerely,
J. Card. Gibbons,
Archbishop of Baltimore.
I have just received a cablegram from His Eminence the Cardinal Secretary of State, by which he, in the name of the Holy Father, requests me to make known to you the extremely grave food situation in Germany and that the population of that country implore you to provide for them at once in order to save them from sertain death.
In communicating to you this message of the Holy Father, I beg to say that I have just informed him that this Government is sending Mr. Herbert Hoover as Food Administrator to Europe to look into this very question of providing food for the suffering peoples there, that this country is fully alive to the seriousness of the situation and what it considers its duty in the matter.
I hope that you have received my letter addressed to you on the fifth instant.
With sentiments of the most profound respect, I am, my dear Mr. President,
Yours very sincerely,
J. Card. Gibbons,
Archbishop of Baltimore.
Original Format
Letter
To
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924
Files
Collection
Citation
Gibbons, James, 1834-1921, “Archbishop of Baltimore to Woodrow Wilson,” 1918 November 16, WWP25477, World War I Letters, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.