[Rarebooks] FS: Woodrow Wilson breaks off relations with Germany, SIGNED by the President

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WILSON, Woodrow. ADDRESS OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES DELIVERED 
AT A JOINT SESSION OF THE TWO HOUSES OF CONGRESS FEBRUARY 3, 1917. 
Washington: [Government Printing Office], 1917. First Edition. The true 
First Edition, preceding the book edition. Printed wraps, [1], 2-6, 
[7-8] pages. SIGNED by the President at the end of the text. A scarce 
copy, especially when signed, of this highly important speech where 
Wilson, for the first time, officially broke relations with Germany: "I 
have, therefore, directed the Secretary of State to announce to His 
Excellency the German Ambassador that all diplomatic relations between 
the United States and the German Empire are severed" (page 5). Wilson 
would officially declare war on Germany less than two months later. The 
ostensible reason for Wilson taking America into the "war to end all 
wars" was the continued German submarine sinking of ships with American 
passengers. Minor, light wrinkling. Near Fine.         $6,000.00

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