763.72/1940
President Wilson to the Secretary of State
Washington,
21 July, 1915.
Dear Mr. Secretary: Thank you for this draft. I have gone over it and am glad to accept practically all of your suggestions.
I have taken the liberty of omitting, however, the last paragraph. It has the tone of an ultimatum, and does not seem to me in fact to add to the meaning of the document as a whole,—the manifest meaning of it. I do not think that we need add a sting.
I shall be away from the house for a couple of hours, but will get into communication with you so soon as I get back.
Faithfully Yours,
W. W.