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Cabinet crisis which has now culminated in Asquith's downfall and Lloyd George's
rise to the Premisership. I wrote Lloyd George today, subject to the President's
approval, and I sent the following <sic>despatch</sic> to Viscount Grey of Fallodon.
"These are anxious days. Is there anything you can say to guide us here"
I do not know that Great Britain can better herself in the way of a Cabinet,
although I can understand why there is general resentment at so many failures.
I believe if Asquith had more force and had driven his Cabinet with a firmer
hand, matters might have been different.
Sir Edward Grey's great weakness has been in the choice of men for diplo-
matic posts. He allowed Sir Cecil Spring-Rice to remain here at the most cri-
tical time in the history of the two countries, and the results show that Great
Britain has also been inadequately represented in Southeastern Europe. Grey
failed to see that conditions demanded radical changes and that the ordinary
diplomatic corps was unequal to the new situation brought about by the war.
We dined with Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt last night. The
Russian Ambassador and Madame Bakhmateff, Governor and Mrs. Beeckman of Rhode
Island, and Frank Hitchcock were among the guests who numbered about forty. The
others were mostly society people. The Bakhmateffs gave us a pressing invita-
tion to dine with them when we came to Washington, so also did Governor and Mrs.
Beeckman should we be passing through Providence.
Walter Rogers called to bring H. N. Rickey of the Cleveland Press and
W. H. Culver of the St Paul Daily News. We reminisced about campaign events.
Howard Whitehouse came to discuss British Cabinet changes. He does not
believe Lloyd George will last very long.
December 14, 1916.
I have been too busy again to keep a daily diary. The number of people
I have seen, the telephone calls and other matters have kept me on the run
from morning until night.
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Cabinet crisis which has now culminated in Asquith's downfall and Lloyd George's
rise to the Premisership. I wrote Lloyd George today, subject to the President's
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