Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, The Lansing Papers, 1914–1920, Volume I

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President Wilson to the Secretary of State

Washington, August 17, 1914.

My Dear Mr. Secretary: I am returning the enclosed papers¹⁰ because it is evidently too late to pursue the course suggested by them. Things have developed very fast in the East since you were kind enough to submit them to me.

Cordially and faithfully yours,

Woodrow Wilson

10. See Mr. Lansing’s memorandum of Aug. 7, 1914, p. 1, and his letter of Aug. 14, 1914, to the Secretary of State, p. 3.