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McAdoo followed Roper and I took him to the station. McCormick thought he
had satisfied him about not delegating him to speak in New York, but I found him
in much the same mind as when last we talked about it.
Polk talked with me three times today over the telephone from Washington.
about the U-boat raid along our coast. Newspaper reporters and others have been
trying to get some expression from me which I have refused to give.
The President's speech at Shadow Lawn Saturday shows what a remarkable
mind he has. I wrote him Friday suggesting the matter of the speech. He could
not have received the letter before eleven o'clock Saturday, and it was hardly
possible for him to have given the matter much more than an hour's thought be-
fore he delivered the speech. And yet he wove everything he said around the two
or three suggestions I made.
October 10, 1916.
This has been a nerve-racking day as yesterday was. The French Ambassa-
dor called at ten o'clock and remained for an hour. I found him less aggressive
and not quite so firm in his assertion that France would fight until complete
victory crowned her efforts. I called attention to what I considered the mis-
takes of the Allies. It was reiteration, but I wish to reiterate until I im-
press my point of view upon him. He admitted I had been right in many of my
forecasts. I again predicted that the Allies would not make material advances
on the Western front, and if victory should come it would be by putting Austria
out of commission in Southeastern Europe.
Jusserand asked me to lunch or dine with him when I go to Washington,
something I cannot very well do at this time. I told him that the Allies
with our aid could have made as favorable a peace six months after the war began
as they could now. He controverted this, but I insisted that the Allies made a
| Title | ms_0466_s2_v4_248 |
| Transcript | McAdoo followed Roper and I took him to the station. McCormick thought he had satisfied him about not delegating him to speak in New York, but I found him in much the same mind as when last we talked about it. Polk talked with me three times today over the telephone from Washington. about the U-boat raid along our coast. Newspaper reporters and others have been trying to get some expression from me which I have refused to give. The President's speech at Shadow Lawn Saturday shows what a remarkable mind he has. I wrote him Friday suggesting the matter of the speech. He could not have received the letter before eleven o'clock Saturday, and it was hardly possible for him to have given the matter much more than an hour's thought be- fore he delivered the speech. And yet he wove everything he said around the two or three suggestions I made. October 10, 1916. This has been a nerve-racking day as yesterday was. The French Ambassa- dor called at ten o'clock and remained for an hour. I found him less aggressive and not quite so firm in his assertion that France would fight until complete victory crowned her efforts. I called attention to what I considered the mis- takes of the Allies. It was reiteration, but I wish to reiterate until I im- press my point of view upon him. He admitted I had been right in many of my forecasts. I again predicted that the Allies would not make material advances on the Western front, and if victory should come it would be by putting Austria out of commission in Southeastern Europe. Jusserand asked me to lunch or dine with him when I go to Washington, something I cannot very well do at this time. I told him that the Allies with our aid could have made as favorable a peace six months after the war began as they could now. He controverted this, but I insisted that the Allies made a |
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