Newton D. Baker to Woodrow Wilson
Title
Newton D. Baker to Woodrow Wilson
Creator
Baker, Newton Diehl, 1871-1937
Identifier
WWP25369
Date
1918 October 31
Description
General March got upset.
Source
Library of Congress, Woodrow Wilson Papers
Publisher
Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum
Subject
March, Peyton Conway, 1864-1955
World War, 1914-1918--United States
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:
General March read the enclosed with amazement and frank expressions of distress. He also makes the political suggestion by way of explanation and points out that it is not only at variance with your instructions to him but also at variance with Gen Pershing’s own message to you as to what he had said at the Foch-Haig-Petain-Pershing conference where he advised terms and injected no political advice. He is obviously on record one way with you and another way with the Supreme War Council! This really tragic
Respectfully yours,
Newton D. Baker
General March read the enclosed with amazement and frank expressions of distress. He also makes the political suggestion by way of explanation and points out that it is not only at variance with your instructions to him but also at variance with Gen Pershing’s own message to you as to what he had said at the Foch-Haig-Petain-Pershing conference where he advised terms and injected no political advice. He is obviously on record one way with you and another way with the Supreme War Council! This really tragic
Respectfully yours,
Newton D. Baker
Original Format
Letter
To
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924
Files
Collection
Citation
Baker, Newton Diehl, 1871-1937, “Newton D. Baker to Woodrow Wilson,” 1918 October 31, WWP25369, World War I Letters, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.