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thought it essential that principals should get together. I cited the United
States and Great Britain as case in point. Matters were getting into rather a
serious condition in regard to Mexico when Sir William Tyrrell came to Washington,
but after he explained Sir Edward's intentions, and I had told him what the Pres-
ident's were, and had gotten the President and Sir William together for an hour's
talk, all difficulties were cleared away. As a result the two countries were on
a better footing than they had been for a long time.
I thought this might also be done among the leading European countries. Neith-
er England, Germany Russia nor France desire war. That being true, why not get
together and compose their differences? The suggestion met with approval.
Tyrrell spoke of having gone to America without credentials. I said I had
gone to Germany without any, other than a letter from the President which I did
not show until after I had my talk with the Kaiser. Sir Edward laughed and said,
"Oh no, you did not go with any credentials excepting that you had everything".
We discussed several phases of the European situation, recalling first one
and then another incident which had been composed through conferences. I thought
the conference held here last year on the Balkan situation certainly prevented a
general European war, and Sir Edward believed that was true.
There was general agreement that a freer and more intimate communication
should be brought about between governments and, if necessary, special representa-
tives should be sent to Germany to talk over the situation and give assurances of
good intentions.
We discussed industrial conditions, particularly labor conditions. Sir
Edward and Crewe both thought one cause of dissatisfaction among laboring people
was the monotony of their lives; that it was now not so much a question of wages
but of shorter hours, so that more diversion could come into their lives.
We talked for two hours at the table. When we got up Crewe and Haldane
left to meet engagements, and Sir Edward, Tyrrell and I went to the library and
| Title | ms_0466_s2_v2_110 |
| Transcript | thought it essential that principals should get together. I cited the United States and Great Britain as case in point. Matters were getting into rather a serious condition in regard to Mexico when Sir William Tyrrell came to Washington, but after he explained Sir Edward's intentions, and I had told him what the Pres- ident's were, and had gotten the President and Sir William together for an hour's talk, all difficulties were cleared away. As a result the two countries were on a better footing than they had been for a long time. I thought this might also be done among the leading European countries. Neith- er England, Germany Russia nor France desire war. That being true, why not get together and compose their differences? The suggestion met with approval. Tyrrell spoke of having gone to America without credentials. I said I had gone to Germany without any, other than a letter from the President which I did not show until after I had my talk with the Kaiser. Sir Edward laughed and said, "Oh no, you did not go with any credentials excepting that you had everything". We discussed several phases of the European situation, recalling first one and then another incident which had been composed through conferences. I thought the conference held here last year on the Balkan situation certainly prevented a general European war, and Sir Edward believed that was true. There was general agreement that a freer and more intimate communication should be brought about between governments and, if necessary, special representa- tives should be sent to Germany to talk over the situation and give assurances of good intentions. We discussed industrial conditions, particularly labor conditions. Sir Edward and Crewe both thought one cause of dissatisfaction among laboring people was the monotony of their lives; that it was now not so much a question of wages but of shorter hours, so that more diversion could come into their lives. We talked for two hours at the table. When we got up Crewe and Haldane left to meet engagements, and Sir Edward, Tyrrell and I went to the library and |
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