Colonel House to Woodrow Wilson

Title

Colonel House to Woodrow Wilson

Creator

House, Edward Mandell, 1858-1938

Identifier

WWP25479

Date

1918 November 16

Description

President Wilson's shorthand transcription of cable about when to go to France from Colonel House as translated by Ray Stannard Baker.

Source

Library of Congress, Woodrow Wilson Papers

Publisher

Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum

Subject

Paris Peace Conference (1919-1920)
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

{Transcription made under direction of RS Baker. WW’s shorthand notes are incomplete his gaps in text being represented by ---}

From House #15

In reply to your number … my judgment is that you should sail for France Dec. 3 and determine upon your arrival what part it is wise for you to take in the proceeding of the peace conference. As commander in chief of the armed forces you have to immediately guarantee ---- coming in order to solve --- important questions connected with their return home. This can only be done here intelligently. When here (would father abstain from) ----the situation principally. It is impossible to do so from Washington through cables from me. As far as I can see all the Powers are trying --- work with us rather than with one another. Their disagreements are sharp and constant. There is a tendency to delay not only the preliminary conferences but the final one. This I think is unfortunate. The sooner you will authorize to make announcement your purpose of sailing --- the better.

Original Format

Letter

To

Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924

Files

http://resources.presidentwilson.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/WWI1417.pdf

Collection

Citation

House, Edward Mandell, 1858-1938, “Colonel House to Woodrow Wilson,” 1918 November 16, WWP25479, World War I Letters, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.