General Bliss to the Secretary of State
Title
General Bliss to the Secretary of State
Creator
Bliss, Tasker Howard, 1853-1930
Identifier
WWP25219
Date
1918 September 27
Description
Tells of telegram from Bulgaria suing for peace.
Source
Library of Congress, Woodrow Wilson Papers
Publisher
Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum
Subject
World War, 1914-1918--Bulgaria
Peace negotiations
Contributor
Danna Faulds
Relation
WWP25214
WWP25215
WWP25216
WWP25217
WWP25218
Language
English
Provenance
Document scan was taken from Library of Congress microfilm reel of the Wilson Papers. WWPL volunteers transcribed the text.
Text
SAM SPECIAL GREEN.
The Hague,
Dated Sept. 27, 1918,
Rec’d. 9:20 a.m.
Secretary of State,
Washington, DC
Urgent. 4587, September 27, 2 a.m.
Confidential. My 4585. Bulgarian Minister has just written me the text of a telegram from Malinoff, Bulgarian Premier, to Bulgarian Minister at Washington which he requests that I forward in cipher. Does Department desire me to accept it for transmission or express regrets at not being able to comply with Minister’s request. The telegram instructs Bulgarian Minister at Washington to communicate textual message to the President and the Secretary of State, which is to the effect that Bulgaria’s participation in the war was had only after exhausting all peaceful means of reaching agreement with neighbors for realization of national unity as well as emphasized in Bulgaria’s answer to Austrian peace proposal of September 14; that Bulgarian cause is in conformity with principles which led the United States to intervene in war and Bulgarian Government therefore appeals to President Wilson to mediate to terminate bloodshed in southern theatre of war by an armistice to be followed by preliminary peace negotiations, the various questions regarding the Balkan peninsula to be left to General Peace Conference for final settlement.
I request instructions as soon as possible.
BLISS.
JHB.
The Hague,
Dated Sept. 27, 1918,
Rec’d. 9:20 a.m.
Secretary of State,
Washington, DC
Urgent. 4587, September 27, 2 a.m.
Confidential. My 4585. Bulgarian Minister has just written me the text of a telegram from Malinoff, Bulgarian Premier, to Bulgarian Minister at Washington which he requests that I forward in cipher. Does Department desire me to accept it for transmission or express regrets at not being able to comply with Minister’s request. The telegram instructs Bulgarian Minister at Washington to communicate textual message to the President and the Secretary of State, which is to the effect that Bulgaria’s participation in the war was had only after exhausting all peaceful means of reaching agreement with neighbors for realization of national unity as well as emphasized in Bulgaria’s answer to Austrian peace proposal of September 14; that Bulgarian cause is in conformity with principles which led the United States to intervene in war and Bulgarian Government therefore appeals to President Wilson to mediate to terminate bloodshed in southern theatre of war by an armistice to be followed by preliminary peace negotiations, the various questions regarding the Balkan peninsula to be left to General Peace Conference for final settlement.
I request instructions as soon as possible.
BLISS.
JHB.
Original Format
Letter
To
Lansing, Robert, 1864-1928
Files
Collection
Citation
Bliss, Tasker Howard, 1853-1930, “General Bliss to the Secretary of State,” 1918 September 27, WWP25219, World War I Letters, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.