711.60 c 12Anti-War/3: Telegram
The Minister in Poland (Stetson) to the Secretary of State
[Received 10:23 p.m.]
31. Department’s No. 32, May 15, 2 p.m. Communicated contents of telegram to Minister for Foreign Affairs, who received it most favorably. He promised to consult with his colleagues, particularly Pilsudski,64 and next week to give me a definite reply.
He also stated, and as not to be divulged, that the Germans wished to modify article II to include in it arbitration and conciliation. [Page 66] Polish Government would not consider statement more definite than that of the American draft. The Minister added that the French Ambassador had intimated that if Government of Poland accepted the American proposals, the Government of the Republic would be inclined to modify certain objections which it had raised during the negotiations in manner favorable to position of the American Government.
- Marshal Joseph Pilsudski, Polish Prime Minister and Minister of War.↩