Pleasant A. Stovall to Robert Lansing
Title
Pleasant A. Stovall to Robert Lansing
Creator
Stovall, Pleasant A., 1857-1935
Identifier
WWP25216
Date
1918 September 26
Source
Library of Congress, Woodrow Wilson Papers
Publisher
Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum
Subject
World War, 1914-1918--Bulgaria
Contributor
Danna Faulds
Relation
WWP25214
WWP25215
WWP25217
WWP25218
WWP25219
Language
English
Provenance
Document scan was taken from Library of Congress microfilm reel of the Wilson Papers. WWPL volunteers transcribed the text.
Text
SAM GREEN AND MIXED BLUE.
Pontarlier, (Berne),
Dated Sept. 26, 1918,
Rec;d, 27th, 10:54 a.m.
Secretary of State,
Washington, D. C.
URGENT.
4918, September 26, 6 p.m.
Bulgarian Charge d’Affaires presented to me personally this evening a telegram from Murphy, at Sophia for Honorable Robert Lansing, Secretary of State, of which following is translation from French: “The Bulgarian Government has decided to ask for the cessation of hostilities with the Entente. At its request I leave tonight for the Macedonian front, where delegates of the Bulgarian Government will ask for the arrangement of an armistice. The task of arranging the (?) in the Balkan peninsula is left to the International Congress which shall conclude the general peace. The Bulgarian Government begs energetic steps from the United States to the end of putting a stop to bloodshed. Murphy.
STOVALL.
JHB.
Pontarlier, (Berne),
Dated Sept. 26, 1918,
Rec;d, 27th, 10:54 a.m.
Secretary of State,
Washington, D. C.
URGENT.
4918, September 26, 6 p.m.
Bulgarian Charge d’Affaires presented to me personally this evening a telegram from Murphy, at Sophia for Honorable Robert Lansing, Secretary of State, of which following is translation from French: “The Bulgarian Government has decided to ask for the cessation of hostilities with the Entente. At its request I leave tonight for the Macedonian front, where delegates of the Bulgarian Government will ask for the arrangement of an armistice. The task of arranging the (?) in the Balkan peninsula is left to the International Congress which shall conclude the general peace. The Bulgarian Government begs energetic steps from the United States to the end of putting a stop to bloodshed. Murphy.
STOVALL.
JHB.
Original Format
Letter
To
Lansing, Robert, 1864-1928
Files
Collection
Citation
Stovall, Pleasant A., 1857-1935, “Pleasant A. Stovall to Robert Lansing,” 1918 September 26, WWP25216, World War I Letters, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.