711.0012Anti-War/346: Telegram
President Doumergue to President Coolidge
I very sincerely thank Your Excellency for your kindly sending me, and through me the representatives of the nations assembled in [Page 158] Paris, a message which evinces the great importance you so rightly attach to the solemn signing of the general compact renouncing war as an instrument of national policy. The fact that the ceremony is on this day celebrated in Paris comes from a desire which you put in a peculiarly nice form that of acknowledging the initial part taken by the French Government and its Minister for Foreign Affairs in bringing about the great project, the French nation is thankful for and proud of the honor bestowed upon it in the reception of the foreign plenipotentiaries can not forget that thanks are due to the skilful and conciliatory efforts of the President and of the Secretary of State of the United States for the manner in which the covenant was received by the leading nations of the world which befitted the trait of universality that makes its power and greatness. I therefore feel sure that I am voicing the sentiments of the original signatories of the treaty as well as those of the still larger number who will adhere anon, when I express to Your Excellency and your Government the thanks of the civilized world. I am, as you are, convinced that the act accomplished on this day responds to the innermost longings of all mankind.
- Received in the Department Aug. 27, 1928; hour of receipt unknown.↩