793.94/3139: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Chargé in France (Shaw)
643. For Dawes: Your 867, December 9, 8 p.m., has just been received. I desire to give to the public the impression of cordial support to the League Council resolution, if it is passed tomorrow, and am inclined to believe that it would be helpful if, in addition to the statement issued here, you made a brief statement at your end to further a similar impression.
Such a statement might express your appreciation of the long and patient labor of the League Council which has resulted in an agreement of the two parties to refrain in the future from aggression and to support an impartial inquiry into the causes of their controversy. If faithfully observed by both disputants, this agreement may well lead finally to a permanent and peaceful settlement of this difficult question. I should not object to your making in your discretion such a declaration, even in the League Council chamber, after the resolution [Page 663] has been passed, if you find among the Council members a strong feeling that it would add to the impression of solidarity of the nations in this effort on behalf of peace.