Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, The Lansing Papers, 1914–1920, Volume I

763.72/2522

The Secretary of State to President Wilson

Washington, April 3, 1916.

My Dear Mr. President: I enclose a proposed letter⁴² in reply to the rejection of our proposal of January 18th, relative to the disarming of merchant vessels.

I have already sent you a draft of a letter on this subject,⁴³ and in the enclosed I have sought to meet your views on the previous draft.

Faithfully yours,

Robert Lansing

42. No copy of this draft found in Department files.
43. Ante, p. 350.