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Cablegram
The White House, Washington,
30 April, 1919.
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES,
Paris.
Beg to call your attention to following editorial from Springfield Republican. Quote The critical period in the peacemaking has been reached when progress can win over reaction the very least of victories only by a resolute stand of the most commanding figure in Paris. France and England cannot desert the President without branding themselves as hypocrites and ingrates. Worse things could happen than for the President to come home without a peace treaty, leaving Europe to wallow in the mire of national rivalries and hates to which reaction would sentence it for all time. There is no compelling reason why America should sign a treaty that would merely perpetuate ancient feuds and make new wars a certainty. Our chief interest in the Conference at Paris, as the President declared at Manchester, is the peace of the world. Unless that can be made reasonably sure, with Europe's sincere cooperation, the time is near when 'pack up and come home' will be America's only policy End Quote.
TUMULTY.
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Cablegram
The White House, Washington,
8 May, 1919.
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES,
Paris.