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I agreed to help him with the others. I was struck by the fact that
he showed no evidence of anything excepting good feeling toward me. I expect-
ed him to ask my plans for the summer, but there was no mention of <add>them</add> <del/> except
by me. Sometimes I wonder if we are not misjudging his father, because most
of what we hear that is disagreeable comes as gossip.
May 18, 1916.
Several letters came from the President today. One about Page pleases
me much. He takes the stand I anticipated. When Lansing asked him to bring
Page home for consultation he gave no answer and both Lansing and Polk thought
he was not sympathetic with the idea.
The State Department was delighted when it was learned there might be
possible friction between Page and me because they thought, they lost confidence.
As a matter of fact, the President indicated nothing, and I have no doubt wishes
to discuss the matter with me before giving his decision.
The President's other letters are among the most important he has ever
written me and are particularly noted. The last one in regard to the cable
I suggested to be sent Sir Edward Grey, is especially pleasing. He does not
make a single change.
The President is leaving this momentous decision to me-- a decision, in-
deed, that marks the turning point in our international relations and in our
old-time non-interference policy. I feel sure if he will follow our present
plans all the way through, history will give him one of the highest places
among the statesmen of the world. It does not matter whether he mediates or
not, but what does matter is for him to strike the high note, the right note,
and hold to it regardless of consequences to himself. He can and will become
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