Office of the Historian

File No. 763.72119/143

The Minister in Sweden (Morris) to the Secretary of State

No. 609
Stockholm, March 30, 1916 .
[Received May 17.]

Sir: I have the honor to report that a bill has been introduced by Mr. Lindhagen in the lower house of the Swedish Parliament, proposing that a communication be sent to the King requesting him to consider whether an official peace conference of neutral countries may be called together, on the initiative of Sweden or the Scandinavian Governments, to use such measures as are in their power to bring about peace.

I have [etc.]

Ira N. Morris