Formal offer of mediation to all belligerents, August 5, 1914.
German proposal of peace conference, December 12, 1916.
President's appeal to the belligerents to state their terms, December 18, 1916.
German refusal to state terms, December 26, 1916.
Allied statement of war aims, January 11, 1917.
President's "peace without victory" speech, January 22, 1917.
Notification of unrestricted submarine war, January 31, 1917.
Diplomatic relations with Germany broken, February 3, 1917.
Declaration of war, April 6, 1917.
The Mexican policy of the Administration was one of the chief points of attack during the campaign of 1916, but the re-election of President Wilson and the progress of events in Europe presently threw the issue into the background. In February and March, 1917, when war with Germany seemed inevitable, the expeditionary force under Pershing was recalled.