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lieving that the fleet should be sent to the Pacific for safety and others that
it should seek the protection of Chesapeake Bay or some other North Atlantic har-
bour.
I urged the President to look into the matter and expressed a decided pre-
ference for the North Atlantic, giving my reasons for thinking it unwise to send
the fleet through the Panama Canal into the Pacific at this time.
At ten o'clock I met the British Ambassador at Billy Phillips'. Most
of our time was wasted by his telling me the gossip he had heard, <del/> which he
believed to be true, regarding Mr. Bryan, Senator Stone and others. Bryan, ac-
cording to him, had just had $350,000. placed to his credit in a Nebraska bank;
Stone had had an incredible amount loaned him by some banks in Missouri upon
worthless security. I tried to get the Ambassador off such nonsense and to
get him down to something worth while. He sees spooks everywhere.
He started to criticise Burleson and Gregory, a process I soon interfered
with. We then had a few minutes serious talk of <sic>pening</sic> matters of importance.
I returned to the White House where Bill McDonald and Loulie were waiting to go
with me to the train. Our trip was restful and uneventful.
New York,
March 7, 1917.
Sir William Wiseman came to ascertain the result of my talk with the
President concerning the message to be sent to the gathering of representatives
of the British Empire. We agreed upon a form which is included in the diary.
I told Wiseman of my interview with the British Ambassador and he thought he
could straighten <del/> out some of the things that were disturbing him.
Edward G. Lowry called for advice regarding the writing or an article
upon the perfidy of Senator Stone. He wishes to go to Missouri for material.
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lieving that the fleet should be sent to the Pacific for safety and others that
it should seek the protection of Chesapeake Bay or some other North Atlantic har-
bour.
I urged the President to look into the matter and expressed a decided pre-
ference for the North Atlantic, giving my reasons for thinking it unwise to send
the fleet through the Panama Canal into the Pacific at this time.
At ten o'clock I met the British Ambassador at Billy Phillips'. Most
of our time was wasted by his telling me the gossip he had heard, |
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