02/02/1916
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"This Government will likewise make know to them the substance of the present communication."
"The Government of the United States agrees that for it to send a reinforcement of sufficient strength to act on the offensive in cooperation with anti-Bolshevik forces is impracticable."
"I do not believe that this is what the people of this country wish or will be satisfied with."
"Without the covenant of the League of Nations there may be as many secret treaties as ever, to destroy the confidence of governments in each other."