Translation of the Message from the German Government to Woodrow Wilson
Title
Translation of the Message from the German Government to Woodrow Wilson
Creator
Solf, W. H. (Wilhelm Heinrich), 1862-1936
Identifier
WWP25336
Date
1918 October 27
Description
Government of the people now in control of Germany, as President Wilson knows.
Source
Library of Congress, Woodrow Wilson Papers
Publisher
Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum
Subject
World War, 1914-1918--Germany
Armistices
Contributor
Morgan Willer
Relation
WWP25335
WWP25334
Language
English
Provenance
Document scan was taken from Library of Congress microfilm reel of the Wilson Papers. WWPL volunteers transcribed the text.
Text
LEGATION OF SWITZERLAND
Washington, D.C.
Department of German Interests
TRANSLATION of a Communication from the German Government, dated October 27, 1918, as transmitted by the Charge d’Affaires a.i. of Switzerland on October 28, 1918.
(This translation is not to be considered as authoritative; the German text alone to be considered so).
The German Government has taken cognizance of the reply of the President of the United States. The President knows the far reaching changes which have taken place and are being carried out in the German constitutional structure. The peace negotiations are being conducted by a government of the people in whose hands rests, both actually and constitutionally, the authority to make decisions. The military powers are also subject to this authority. The German Government now awaits the proposals for an armistice, which is the first step toward a peace of justice, as described by the President in his pronouncements.
(Signed) SOLF
State Secretary of Foreign Affairs.
Berlin, October 27, 1918.
Washington, D.C.
Department of German Interests
TRANSLATION of a Communication from the German Government, dated October 27, 1918, as transmitted by the Charge d’Affaires a.i. of Switzerland on October 28, 1918.
(This translation is not to be considered as authoritative; the German text alone to be considered so).
The German Government has taken cognizance of the reply of the President of the United States. The President knows the far reaching changes which have taken place and are being carried out in the German constitutional structure. The peace negotiations are being conducted by a government of the people in whose hands rests, both actually and constitutionally, the authority to make decisions. The military powers are also subject to this authority. The German Government now awaits the proposals for an armistice, which is the first step toward a peace of justice, as described by the President in his pronouncements.
(Signed) SOLF
State Secretary of Foreign Affairs.
Berlin, October 27, 1918.
Original Format
Letter
To
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924
Files
Collection
Citation
Solf, W. H. (Wilhelm Heinrich), 1862-1936, “Translation of the Message from the German Government to Woodrow Wilson,” 1918 October 27, WWP25336, World War I Letters, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.