BRITAIN SEES PRESIDENT WILSON AS PEACE LEADER
New York City (JFK+50) In a special cable dispatch to the New York Sun* dated January 26, 1918, "American leadership of the Entente Powers** in the matter of peace preliminaries (for World War I)" was accepted by Great Britain.
The dispatch states that British opinion expected President Woodrow Wilson to become a "larger figure in the international situation" although there were some expressed "misgivings" on Mr. Wilson's attitude on the issue of freedom of the seas.
The British wanted assurances that the views on freedom of the seas of the United States were the same as theirs. The Sun front page article, dated January 27, 1918, states...
"Great Britain would be intensely gratified to receive assurance...on the subject."
The Sun article goes on to say that the Germans had long been actively attempting to "drive a wedge" between their two major adversaries on the issue of freedom of the seas.
*The Sun (1833-1950) became the most politically conservative of New York City's newspapers. Its 1st issue, dated Sept 3, 1833, was edited by Benjamin Day & sold for 1 cent. The Sun was the first newspaper to report crimes & personal events such as suicides, deaths & divorces.
**The Entente was 1st formed in 1907 by the Russian Empire, the French Third Republic & the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland.
"British Look To President As Peace Leader", The Sun, January 27, 1918, Library of Congress, www.chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/
The New York Sun
November 26, 1834
New York City (JFK+50) In a special cable dispatch to the New York Sun* dated January 26, 1918, "American leadership of the Entente Powers** in the matter of peace preliminaries (for World War I)" was accepted by Great Britain.
The dispatch states that British opinion expected President Woodrow Wilson to become a "larger figure in the international situation" although there were some expressed "misgivings" on Mr. Wilson's attitude on the issue of freedom of the seas.
The British wanted assurances that the views on freedom of the seas of the United States were the same as theirs. The Sun front page article, dated January 27, 1918, states...
"Great Britain would be intensely gratified to receive assurance...on the subject."
The Sun article goes on to say that the Germans had long been actively attempting to "drive a wedge" between their two major adversaries on the issue of freedom of the seas.
*The Sun (1833-1950) became the most politically conservative of New York City's newspapers. Its 1st issue, dated Sept 3, 1833, was edited by Benjamin Day & sold for 1 cent. The Sun was the first newspaper to report crimes & personal events such as suicides, deaths & divorces.
**The Entente was 1st formed in 1907 by the Russian Empire, the French Third Republic & the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland.
SOURCE
"British Look To President As Peace Leader", The Sun, January 27, 1918, Library of Congress, www.chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/
The New York Sun
November 26, 1834
