Charles R. Crane to Woodrow Wilson
Title
Charles R. Crane to Woodrow Wilson
Creator
Crane, Charles Richard, 1858-1939
Identifier
WWP25148
Date
1918 August 29
Description
Woodrow Wilson should meet the Russian who is in town, Batolia.
Source
Library of Congress, Woodrow Wilson Papers
Publisher
Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum
Subject
World War, 1914-1918--Russia
Contributor
Danna Faulds
Language
English
Provenance
Document scan was taken from Library of Congress microfilm reel of the Wilson Papers. WWPL volunteers transcribed the text.
Text
Dear Mr. President
Cyrus McCormick’s Russian friend, Batolia, turns out to be a remarkable individual. He is virgin born, comes right out the soil, is thoroughly orthodox and probably presents, in his person, a better cross section of what millions of real Russia think and feel than anyone I have known in a generation. America has probably never had such a visitor, or at least one who had such a combination of talents, experience and expression. He fully justifies my testimony given to you the other day that the Russian peasantry are capable of understanding your program, living up to it and even fighting for it.
By all means see him. Take plenty of time and test anything you want to try on his people and he will be wise in suggesting how to get your plans carried out. Samuel Harper will interpret for him, and they are both to be at the Powhattan, in Washington for a few days.
Warm personal greetings to you both.
Always sincerely
Charles R. Crane
Cyrus McCormick’s Russian friend, Batolia, turns out to be a remarkable individual. He is virgin born, comes right out the soil, is thoroughly orthodox and probably presents, in his person, a better cross section of what millions of real Russia think and feel than anyone I have known in a generation. America has probably never had such a visitor, or at least one who had such a combination of talents, experience and expression. He fully justifies my testimony given to you the other day that the Russian peasantry are capable of understanding your program, living up to it and even fighting for it.
By all means see him. Take plenty of time and test anything you want to try on his people and he will be wise in suggesting how to get your plans carried out. Samuel Harper will interpret for him, and they are both to be at the Powhattan, in Washington for a few days.
Warm personal greetings to you both.
Always sincerely
Charles R. Crane
Original Format
Letter
To
Woodrow Wilson, 1856-1924
Files
Collection
Citation
Crane, Charles Richard, 1858-1939, “Charles R. Crane to Woodrow Wilson,” 1918 August 29, WWP25148, World War I Letters, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.