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bably grow to be. Belgium, if I interpreted the King rightly, was ready for a
reasonable peace. I said it was my habit to think of myself as the other man
and determine what I would do if I were in his place. This had led me to the
conclusion that Germany would first try to secure peace with Russia, then with
Italy, and later with France, and finally defy Great Britain. I gave him my
views upon the social and economic condition of Germany, maintaining that Germany
could still place as many men on the western front as she needed to hold the line,
and that she was in no great economic distress, and that no revolution would dis-
turb her equilibrium until after the war.
Another advantage Germany had was the fact she was a military autocracy,
and Turkey, Austria and Germany were welded together and acted as a single ma-
chine, whereas, the Allies being democracies and widely separated were acting
disjointedly and not always efficiently.
I left Grey to go to the Embassy, and after a few minutes with Page, I
went to lunch at Lady Paget's to meet Dr. John Dillon, an authority on Southeastern
Europe. Lady Minot, Colonel Reppington, and several others were present.
Dillon is a conceited, well informed and interesting personage, and I en-
joyed my talk with him.
In the afternoon I received some fifteen or more English and American news-
paper correspondents. I gave them no information, but it was amusing to have them
quiz me, and I enjoyed parrying their questions.
Robert Donald of the Chronicle took tea with me, and promised to write furth-
er about the President. I gave him particulars of our Pan-American policy, which
will be incorporated in some future editorial.
We dined at the Embassy in order that Page and I might have a quiet talk.
My entire evening was spent in listening to his denunciation of the President and
Lansing, and of the Administration in general. He thought the State Department
should be "cleaned out from top to bottom". He humorously suggested that the
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| Transcript | bably grow to be. Belgium, if I interpreted the King rightly, was ready for a reasonable peace. I said it was my habit to think of myself as the other man and determine what I would do if I were in his place. This had led me to the conclusion that Germany would first try to secure peace with Russia, then with Italy, and later with France, and finally defy Great Britain. I gave him my views upon the social and economic condition of Germany, maintaining that Germany could still place as many men on the western front as she needed to hold the line, and that she was in no great economic distress, and that no revolution would dis- turb her equilibrium until after the war. Another advantage Germany had was the fact she was a military autocracy, and Turkey, Austria and Germany were welded together and acted as a single ma- chine, whereas, the Allies being democracies and widely separated were acting disjointedly and not always efficiently. I left Grey to go to the Embassy, and after a few minutes with Page, I went to lunch at Lady Paget's to meet Dr. John Dillon, an authority on Southeastern Europe. Lady Minot, Colonel Reppington, and several others were present. Dillon is a conceited, well informed and interesting personage, and I en- joyed my talk with him. In the afternoon I received some fifteen or more English and American news- paper correspondents. I gave them no information, but it was amusing to have them quiz me, and I enjoyed parrying their questions. Robert Donald of the Chronicle took tea with me, and promised to write furth- er about the President. I gave him particulars of our Pan-American policy, which will be incorporated in some future editorial. We dined at the Embassy in order that Page and I might have a quiet talk. My entire evening was spent in listening to his denunciation of the President and Lansing, and of the Administration in general. He thought the State Department should be "cleaned out from top to bottom". He humorously suggested that the |
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