462.11 T 41/13½
President Wilson to the Secretary of State
Washington
,
5 April, 1915.
My Dear Mr. Secretary: I had already seen this memorandum of Mr. Lansing’s.16 I appreciate its force to the full. But it ought not to alter our course so long as we think ourselves on the firm ground of right.
It has, as Mr. Lansing points out, its bearings on the Thrasher case. That case, as I said the other day, troubles me. I should very much like to know what Mr. L’s view of it is. We must compound policy with legal right in wise proportions, no doubt.
Faithfully Yours,
W. W.