Colonel House to Woodrow Wilson
Title
Colonel House to Woodrow Wilson
Creator
House, Edward Mandell, 1858-1938
Identifier
WWP25372
Date
1918 October 31
Description
Coded cablegram on events in Europe.
Source
Library of Congress, Woodrow Wilson Papers
Publisher
Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum
Subject
World War, 1914-1918--Peace
Contributor
Mark Edwin Peterson
Language
English
Provenance
Document scan was taken from Library of Congress microfilm reel of the Wilson Papers. WWPL volunteers transcribed the text.
Text
65962 #1 Shiako?
32873 Everything
57121 is
24182 changing
34945 for the
20884 better
63470 since yesterday
15217 and S
40003 Hope you will
31640 not
43585 insist upon
50559 my
74080 using your
22682 cable
38304 He,referred to
17917 as I
47803 listen to
69829 Ihink (69828 things)
20830 Best
51788 paragraph [crossed-out]
41418 #2 If you will
36543 give me
10530 free
37594 hand
64948 in
28294 dealing with
69571 these
41550 immediate
50958 negotiations
41518 in (crossed out)
18739 assure
3668 that
58016 nothing will be done
70904 to embarass
44194 you
54355 or to
25851 compromise
16334 any of
49778 your
55497 peace
57278 #3 principles
80654 you will have
58323 as
35493 free
10626 a hand
12993 after the
17584 armistice
60685 is
63323 signed
18484 as you
31727 now
56083 have
45684 it is
32988 Exceedingly
41739 impartial that
52955 nothing
200 (66) et be said
32507 or [done crossed out]
18992 at this time
47493 which may
41962 in any way
37580 halt
48519 the
17584 Armistice
77622 which will
61376 save
70067 thousands of
47860 lives.
50959 Negotiations are
31729 now
57398 procedding
61339 satisfactorily
604444 (period)
17351
44819 Seams
61862
32873 Everything
57121 is
24182 changing
34945 for the
20884 better
63470 since yesterday
15217 and S
40003 Hope you will
31640 not
43585 insist upon
50559 my
74080 using your
22682 cable
38304 He,referred to
17917 as I
47803 listen to
69829 Ihink (69828 things)
20830 Best
51788 paragraph [crossed-out]
41418 #2 If you will
36543 give me
10530 free
37594 hand
64948 in
28294 dealing with
69571 these
41550 immediate
50958 negotiations
41518 in (crossed out)
18739 assure
3668 that
58016 nothing will be done
70904 to embarass
44194 you
54355 or to
25851 compromise
16334 any of
49778 your
55497 peace
57278 #3 principles
80654 you will have
58323 as
35493 free
10626 a hand
12993 after the
17584 armistice
60685 is
63323 signed
18484 as you
31727 now
56083 have
45684 it is
32988 Exceedingly
41739 impartial that
52955 nothing
200 (66) et be said
32507 or [done crossed out]
18992 at this time
47493 which may
41962 in any way
37580 halt
48519 the
17584 Armistice
77622 which will
61376 save
70067 thousands of
47860 lives.
50959 Negotiations are
31729 now
57398 procedding
61339 satisfactorily
604444 (period)
17351
44819 Seams
61862
Original Format
Letter
To
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924
Files
Collection
Citation
House, Edward Mandell, 1858-1938, “Colonel House to Woodrow Wilson,” 1918 October 31, WWP25372, World War I Letters, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.