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report of the British Government, giving an analysis of the export of food from
the nearby beutrals into Germany. This statement of Miller's clears up much of
what seemed incredible in that report.
June 28, 1917.
I have another budget of foreign mail. Buckler writes concerning condi-
tions in England, and encloses a letter to the President signed by Norman Angell,
Philip Snowdon, Ramsay McDonald, E. R. Morel, Chas. N. Buxton, Charles Trevelyan
and several others. I received a copy of this letter sometime ago, but did not
send it to the President. I shall send the original, although I do not alto-
gether agree with the purpose of the letter, which is to ask the President to de-
mand of the Allies a restatement of their peace terms, and to have them made to
harmonize with the President's January 22nd speech and the Russian statement of
terms.
In my opinion, what is needed now, is to force Germany to give her terms.
I have an important letter from Paderewski which came last night by spec-
ial delivery. I shall answer it by telephone today. The Poles in Russia want
to segregate the Poles now in the Russian Army and form a separate army under
Polish officers. They claim that there are 600,000 Polish soldiers who would be
available at once.
Sir William Wiseman telephoned about the same subject. A cable came from
the British concerning it, but Sir William did not know until he telephoned that
the Poles had already given me a copy. I advised cabling to the British Govern-
ment suggesting that we place the matter in the hands of Mr. Root of our Mission
to Russia, and of <add>the British</add> <del/> Ambassador at Petrograd, and have them thresh the subject
out and cable their decision so we may have a more intelligent judgment about it
before acting. It may cause complications which may make it inadvisable to
press it. The Russian Government does not approve, but the British and Amer-
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report of the British Government, giving an analysis of the export of food from
the nearby beutrals into Germany. This statement of Miller's clears up much of
what seemed incredible in that report.
June 28, 1917.
I have another budget of foreign mail. Buckler writes concerning condi-
tions in England, and encloses a letter to the President signed by Norman Angell,
Philip Snowdon, Ramsay McDonald, E. R. Morel, Chas. N. Buxton, Charles Trevelyan
and several others. I received a copy of this letter sometime ago, but did not
send it to the President. I shall send the original, although I do not alto-
gether agree with the purpose of the letter, which is to ask the President to de-
mand of the Allies a restatement of their peace terms, and to have them made to
harmonize with the President's January 22nd speech and the Russian statement of
terms.
In my opinion, what is needed now, is to force Germany to give her terms.
I have an important letter from Paderewski which came last night by spec-
ial delivery. I shall answer it by telephone today. The Poles in Russia want
to segregate the Poles now in the Russian Army and form a separate army under
Polish officers. They claim that there are 600,000 Polish soldiers who would be
available at once.
Sir William Wiseman telephoned about the same subject. A cable came from
the British concerning it, but Sir William did not know until he telephoned that
the Poles had already given me a copy. I advised cabling to the British Govern-
ment suggesting that we place the matter in the hands of Mr. Root of our Mission
to Russia, and of |
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