File No. 763.72119/967½
President Wilson to the Special Representative ( House )
The resolution you suggest is entirely in line with my thought and has my approval. You will realize how unfortunate it would be for the conference to discuss peace terms in a spirit antagonistic to my January address to the Senate. Our people and Congress will not fight for any selfish aim on the part of any belligerent, with the possible exception of Alsace-Lorraine, least of all for divisions of territory such as have been contemplated in Asia Minor. I think it will be obvious to all that it would be a fatal mistake to cool the ardour of America. Answering your cable after conferring with Clemenceau,1 I favour the most effective war council obtainable whether directed by one man or not.