Woodrow Wilson to William Jennings Bryan
Title
Woodrow Wilson to William Jennings Bryan
Creator
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924
Identifier
WWP18123
Date
1913 October 24
Description
Woodrow Wilson writes to William Jennings Bryan about the Carden incident in reference to Mexico.
Source
Wilson Papers, Library of Congress, Library of Congress, Washington, District of Columbia
Subject
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924--Correspondence
Text
My dear Mr. Secretary
Woodrow Wilson
Hon. William Jennings Bryan
Secretary of State
It seems to me that we ought, in order to be upon sure ground and gather no false impressions, to make immediate and direct inquiry of the British Government through Page as to whether the utterances attributed to Sir Lionel Carden were really made by him.
I notice by the papers this morning that there is some effort to speak of the Carden incident as closed. It certainly can not be closed until the utterances are disavowed or explained. It is a case much more open to severe criticism than Henry Lane Wilson’s utterances, for which we immediately volunteered our apology, even after Mr. Wilson had retired from the active exercise of his duty in Mexico.
Woodrow Wilson
Hon. William Jennings Bryan
Secretary of State
Original Format
Letter
To
Bryan, William Jennings, 1860-1925
Collection
Citation
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924, “Woodrow Wilson to William Jennings Bryan,” 1913 October 24, WWP18123, First Year Wilson Papers, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.