File No. 763.72119/824
The Chargé in the Netherlands ( Langhorne) to the Secretary of State
[Telegram]
The Hague,
September 7, 1917, 5 p.m.
[Received 9.40 p.m.]
[Received 9.40 p.m.]
1319. Legation informed that it is the opinion in German circles in Holland that general effect of President’s reply to Pope’s message will be to temporarily retard democratic reform in Germany and that the note has furnished new fighting material to the Conservatives and the military party.
Langhorne