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President Wilson to the Secretary of State
My Dear Mr. Secretary: The earlier of these two letters seems to me of a great deal of interest and importance.8 I am ashamed to say that I have not followed recently the fortunes of the Colombian treaty in our Senate; but I deem the adoption of the treaty as originally drafted to be of capital importance, especially in view of what Mr. Thomson tells us of the activity of German influences in Colombia and the movement of opinion there.
I would very much like to have your advice and Senator Stone’s as to whether I should address a special message to the Senate on this treaty; and I would be very much obliged to you if you would call the Senator’s attention to the enclosed letter of February third [second] (not to the subsequent letter, which greatly weakens the force of the first) at the earliest possible moment, at the same time expressing my deep anxiety about the whole situation disclosed.
Do you think it would be serviceable to let Senator Lodge also see it?
Faithfully Yours,
- Letters from the Minister in Colombia to President Wilson, dated Feb. 2, 1916 (supra), and Feb. 4, 1916 (not printed).↩