File No. 763.72/4834
The Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs ( Tereshchenko ) to the Secretary of State
[Received May 22, midnight.]
In taking over the direction of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, I hasten to say to you how highly the whole Russian democracy is [Page 75] inspired with the sentiment of full solidarity with the great Republic which true to its traditions of liberty has espoused the cause of the coalition for the defense of justice and right. Like the United States, emancipated Russia is not seeking conquest or any covetous end in the present contest. The war is carried on to secure the freedom of nations and achieve universal lasting peace effectively guaranteed against all later attack. I am glad to find that those lofty principles which were so eloquently formulated in America are striking a warm unanimous echo in free Russia now mistress of her destinies.