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at the usual time, since it had been decided that Bernstorff should not be
given his passports until Saturday morning. The President had promised Sen-
ator Stone, Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, that he would not
give Bernstorff his passports without first notifying him, Stone. Stone is
in St Louis and the President has telegraphed him to come at once to Wash-
ington.
We speculated upon how the Cabinet would stand. He thought the only
ones who would dissent from the program agreed upon would be Burleson. Dan-
iels, he thought, would be passive; McAdoo for immediate and drastic action;
Baker and Gregory would agree with our program in toto; Lane would be for war,
and Houston for somewhat more drastic action than had been determined upon.
In talking with Burleson and McAdoo later in the day, I found he was
correct in his judgment. Much to my surprise, Lansing agreed with the Pres-
ident and me that if we could possibly retain the Austrian Ambassador, we
should do so. I advised the President to begin at once with Tarnowski and
see whether we could not make peace proposals through the Austrians. I be-
lieve we have made a mistake in confining ourselves so wholly to the English
and the Germans, for they are the real belligerents and the most stubborn of
them all. This conflict comes down so largely to a question of supremacy
between these two nations that neither one will likely listen to a reasonable
peace unless their allies fore them to its.
After seeing Polk, McAdoo and Burleson I took the Congressional Limited
for New York. Grayson accompanied me to the station in order to tell of his
troubles. The President has sent his name to the Senate and he believes he
will be confirmed. Even at such a time do we think of our own puny interests.
Chief Flynn of the Secret Service returned with me to New York.
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| Transcript | at the usual time, since it had been decided that Bernstorff should not be given his passports until Saturday morning. The President had promised Sen- ator Stone, Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, that he would not give Bernstorff his passports without first notifying him, Stone. Stone is in St Louis and the President has telegraphed him to come at once to Wash- ington. We speculated upon how the Cabinet would stand. He thought the only ones who would dissent from the program agreed upon would be Burleson. Dan- iels, he thought, would be passive; McAdoo for immediate and drastic action; Baker and Gregory would agree with our program in toto; Lane would be for war, and Houston for somewhat more drastic action than had been determined upon. In talking with Burleson and McAdoo later in the day, I found he was correct in his judgment. Much to my surprise, Lansing agreed with the Pres- ident and me that if we could possibly retain the Austrian Ambassador, we should do so. I advised the President to begin at once with Tarnowski and see whether we could not make peace proposals through the Austrians. I be- lieve we have made a mistake in confining ourselves so wholly to the English and the Germans, for they are the real belligerents and the most stubborn of them all. This conflict comes down so largely to a question of supremacy between these two nations that neither one will likely listen to a reasonable peace unless their allies fore them to its. After seeing Polk, McAdoo and Burleson I took the Congressional Limited for New York. Grayson accompanied me to the station in order to tell of his troubles. The President has sent his name to the Senate and he believes he will be confirmed. Even at such a time do we think of our own puny interests. Chief Flynn of the Secret Service returned with me to New York. |
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