Colonel House to Arthur James Balfour
Title
Colonel House to Arthur James Balfour
Creator
House, Edward Mandell, 1858-1938
Identifier
WWP21879
Date
1917 August 24
Source
Library of Congress, Woodrow Wilson Papers, 1786-1957
Text
Cable.
Edward House to Arthur Balfour.
The President has composed an answer to the Pope's peace overture and will probably send it within a few days.
It will serve, I think, to unite Russia and add to the confusion in Germany.
If the Allied governments could accept it as their answer to the Pope it would, in my opinion, strengthen their cause throughout the world. If the United States are to put forth their maximum effort, there must be a united people, and the President has struck the note necessary to make this possible.
Magnolia, Mass.
To
Arthur James Balfour
Files
Collection
Citation
House, Edward Mandell, 1858-1938, “Colonel House to Arthur James Balfour,” 1917 August 24, WWP21879, World War I Letters, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.