WARM-HEARTED WILSON
“MR. AMBASSADOR, WE’LL DO OUR DAMNEDEST”
LACONIC WAR-TIME MESSAGE (United P.A.—By Telegraph — Copyright) (Australian and N.Z. Press Association) Reed. 2.30 p.m. LONDON, Thursday. “The Star” correspondent reveals one of the most dramatic incidents of war, throwing more human light on the austere figure of President Wilson, and showing him to be capable of warm-hearted impulsiveness. When in the dark days of 1918 Germany was making a desperate bid for victory, the British line was temporarily broken, France suffering a loss in morale, and the extent of American help was uncertain.
Lloyd George sent an urgent message to Lord Reading, then British Ambassador at Washington, asking him to explain the situation to President Wilson in point-blank language, stressing the need for every help America could give. The President listened awhile silently, then interrupted with: “Mr. Ambassador, we will do our damnedest.” Had the people of Great Britain known of this laconic but cheering message with which Lord Reading was able to hearten Great Britain and the Allies, they would have even more warmly received President Wilson when he came to stay with his Majesty in London.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 502, 3 November 1928, Page 9
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187WARM-HEARTED WILSON Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 502, 3 November 1928, Page 9
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