File No. 763.72119/10428
The Ambassador in Germany (Gerard) to the Secretary of State
[Telegram]
Berlin,
May 2, 1916, 8 p. m.
[Received May 3, 11.45 a. m.]
[Received May 3, 11.45 a. m.]
3834. Have best reason to believe Germany will welcome mediation of presentments [President?] and any steps he may take looking to peace. Colonel House will be very welcome here.
Gerard
[For the Chancellor’s statement of his desire that the President should take up the question of peace, made after a conversation between the Ambassador and the Emperor, see telegram No. 3839, May 3, 1916, received May 4, from the Ambassador in Germany, post, page 255.]