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cheons and dinners.
I have a note this morning from Sir Edward Grey whish is a part of the
record, unimportant though it is. A stream of telephone calls have kept me
more than busy, but I shall not burden the diary with such matters.
January 8, 1916.
We received an invitation this morning to spend the week-end at Buckhurst
with Mr. Robert Benson, a brother-in-law Earl Grey. We had to decline
as we had arranged to go down to Knole with the Sackville-West's.
Eric Drummond, Sir Edward Grey's secretary, lunched with me. He has
Grey's entire confidence and I spoke very freely to him. There were many de-
tails I wished to firmly implant in his mind in order that he might work at
odd times upon Grey and other members of the Government. I told him the
present situation gave the best opportunity since the United States became
a republic for a closer understanding between our two countries. I thought
if this did not come about, it would not be the President's fault. The dif-
ficulties in the way of such an understanding were Great Britain's high-handed
policy upon the seas--a policy that was not only irritating to us, but to all
neutral countries as well. He asked for specific instances, which I gave,
adding that it increased our difficulties in bringing about a better under-
standing between the two countries. I did not express an opinion as to how
important such actions were to Great Britain, but I could not conceive they
were of as much moment as the friendship of the United States. Experience
had taught me, I said, that one could never have everything, and it was bet-
ter to look for the big and vital things when they might be purchased at the
expense of the lesser ones. Great Britain desired all, and this she could
not have. I believed if the Allies were not completely successful and there
was an alignment after the war between Germany, Japan, and Russia, the resent-
| Title | ms_0466_s2_v4_009 |
| Transcript | cheons and dinners. I have a note this morning from Sir Edward Grey whish is a part of the record, unimportant though it is. A stream of telephone calls have kept me more than busy, but I shall not burden the diary with such matters. January 8, 1916. We received an invitation this morning to spend the week-end at Buckhurst with Mr. Robert Benson, a brother-in-law Earl Grey. We had to decline as we had arranged to go down to Knole with the Sackville-West's. Eric Drummond, Sir Edward Grey's secretary, lunched with me. He has Grey's entire confidence and I spoke very freely to him. There were many de- tails I wished to firmly implant in his mind in order that he might work at odd times upon Grey and other members of the Government. I told him the present situation gave the best opportunity since the United States became a republic for a closer understanding between our two countries. I thought if this did not come about, it would not be the President's fault. The dif- ficulties in the way of such an understanding were Great Britain's high-handed policy upon the seas--a policy that was not only irritating to us, but to all neutral countries as well. He asked for specific instances, which I gave, adding that it increased our difficulties in bringing about a better under- standing between the two countries. I did not express an opinion as to how important such actions were to Great Britain, but I could not conceive they were of as much moment as the friendship of the United States. Experience had taught me, I said, that one could never have everything, and it was bet- ter to look for the big and vital things when they might be purchased at the expense of the lesser ones. Great Britain desired all, and this she could not have. I believed if the Allies were not completely successful and there was an alignment after the war between Germany, Japan, and Russia, the resent- |
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