Office of the Historian

File No. 763.72119/1505

The Minister in Sweden ( Morris) to the Secretary of State

[Telegram]
Stockholm, March 25, 1918.
[Received 9 p.m.]

1762. Swedish press reports from Berlin:

In consequence of Ambassador Francis’s declaration concerning his attitude as circulated by Petrograd’s telegram bureau regarding ratification Russo-German peace,1 the German Government has sent Russian Government the following wireless:

Imperial German Government confident Russian Government will give reply in accordance with peace treaty concluded between Russia–Central powers to this declaration which constitutes public invitation to resume war against Germany.

Morris
  1. Post, p. 440.↩