File No. 763.72119/2484
The Chargé in Great Britain (
Laughlin) to
the Secretary of State
No. 10108
London,
October 22, 1918.
[Received November 5.]
Sir: I have the honor to transmit,
herewith enclosed, the copy of a communication which I have received
from the Executive Committee of the Union of Democratic Control in
support of the President’s peace terms as outlined in his speech of
September 27.
The communication is signed by Messrs. Arthur
Ponsonby, Philip Snowden,
Charles Roden Buxton, F. Seymour
Cocks, F. W. Pethick Lawrence,
Charles Trevelyan, John A.
Hobson, E. D. Morel,
F. W. Jowett, H. M.
Swanwick, and J. Ramsay
MacDonald, who are, and have been since the beginning
of the war, the leading pacifists of this country.
I have [etc.]
[Enclosure]
The Executive Committee of
the Union of Democratic Control to the American Ambassador
London,
October 15,
1918.
Your Excellency: The Executive
Committee of the Union of Democratic Control, which, apart from
its thousands of members in all sections of the community, has
now affiliated to it 271 bodies of organised labour with a
combined membership of 975,900, and
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which is holding successful meetings in
all parts of Great Britain, desires to convey to the American
Embassy its assurance that this vast mass of public opinion in
the country supports President Wilson in outlining terms of peace in his famous
fourteen points, more recently and fully expounded in his speech
of September 27th; and will further support him in resisting any
attempt to enlarge these demands in a manner calculated to delay
peace.
We have the honour to be,
Yours faithfully,
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Charles Trevelyan
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John A. Hobson
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E. D. Morel
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F. W. Jowett
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H. M. Swanwick
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J. Ramsay MacDonald
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Arthur Ponsonby
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Philip Snowden
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Charles Roden Buxton
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F. Seymour Cocks
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F. W. Pethick Lawrence
