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than ever, literally damning the President and Lansing for their lack of fore-
sight and policy. He declared it would be ridiculous for him to talk about
closer relations with Great Britain, when we were doing every day everything we
could possibly do to irritate them. He said that in the years he had been in
London, there had not been one mite of sympathy heard from our Government to the
British Government, and he thought it was folly to expect them to believe in any
protestations of friendship or help which we might offer. I did not argue with
him, because it suited my purpose to have him remain out of the conferences, since
in his frame of mind he is a hindrance rather than a help.
At eight o'clock I went to 32 Curzon Street to dine with Lord Reading and
Lloyd George. We had a quiet and satisfactory discussion largely along the lines
followed in the conference between the Prime Minister, Grey, aBalfour and myself. It
is evident that Lloyd George is somewhat distrustful of the Prime Minister, Grey
and Balfour, and they are equally so of him. Neither group wants the other to
have the advantage, and both are afraid to go as far in the direction <del/> I am
pushing as their inclination would lead them for fear capital might be made of it
by the others.
Both Reading and George assured me that a peace proposal would be the most
unpopular move that could be thought of in England. George said England was
now aroused for the first time. John Bull had grown fat and lazy, but he was work-
ing off his flesh and getting as lean and fit as an athlete, and had no fear of the
result. George believes the war had done the nation good-- greater good than
harm; that it had aroused the best in the people, and that they will come out of
it rejuvenated, with better impulses and purposes.
I talked George and Reading out of the belief that it was best for us to
enter the war at this time upon the Lusitania issue. George accepted this, but
said the best thing at all would be for us to enter upon another such issue which
| Title | ms_0466_s2_v4_066 |
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than ever, literally damning the President and Lansing for their lack of fore-
sight and policy. He declared it would be ridiculous for him to talk about
closer relations with Great Britain, when we were doing every day everything we
could possibly do to irritate them. He said that in the years he had been in
London, there had not been one mite of sympathy heard from our Government to the
British Government, and he thought it was folly to expect them to believe in any
protestations of friendship or help which we might offer. I did not argue with
him, because it suited my purpose to have him remain out of the conferences, since
in his frame of mind he is a hindrance rather than a help.
At eight o'clock I went to 32 Curzon Street to dine with Lord Reading and
Lloyd George. We had a quiet and satisfactory discussion largely along the lines
followed in the conference between the Prime Minister, Grey, aBalfour and myself. It
is evident that Lloyd George is somewhat distrustful of the Prime Minister, Grey
and Balfour, and they are equally so of him. Neither group wants the other to
have the advantage, and both are afraid to go as far in the direction |
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