Author: Rabindranath Tagore
Date: 19/5/1919
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Description: This is a personal letter from Rabindranath Tagore to U.S. President Woodrow Wilson, sent via Pacific Mail. Writing shortly before an intended trip to America , Tagore addresses published reports from Japan that implicated him in a revolutionary conspiracy against the British Government by Hindus in San Francisco. He specifically denies accusations that he undertook his last American tour at the instigation of German agents. Tagore expresses the great pain caused by the "indignity" of his name being dragged into the "mire of such calumny" and assures Wilson that he despises dishonest and violent methods. He concludes by avowing his political faith and expressing great admiration for Wilson for "introducing idealism in the domain of politics".
Source: Rabindranath Tagore, Letter to President Woodrow Wilson, May 19, 1919; Letter from Tagore to President Wilson; File Unit 862.20211; Central Decimal Files; Record Group 59; NARA at College Park, MD. https://catalog.archives.gov/id/83832584
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Source ID: 57