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Dr. Henri Bergson followed Bertron. He had several suggestions to make, the
most pertinent of which was that he was afraid Germany intended to treat the
United States as she had treated Italy, that is, refus<del>ing</del> to declare war, and
keep<del>ing</del> on more or less friendly relations, <del/>. He thought Germany
might do this in order to confuse the peace conference and get American opin-
ion on her side.
We took dinner with Sir William and Lady Wiseman. There were no
other guests as it was our purpose to have an intimate talk. We discussed
the question of Balfour coming to America. I told him that Joffre and Viv-
iani were also coming. He was surprised at this and did not seem enthusias-
tic. I often catch some ill feeling on the part of the English against the
French and, again, on the part of the French against the English.
I shall write the President tomorrow and will sum up the conclusions
to which Sir William and I came.
Polk telephoned from Washington to tell the day's news. Beazil, it
seems, would like now to sign the peace pact which I started some two and a
half years ago, and which fell through for one cause and another. I advised
letting Brazil sign it as they desire. I cautioned Polk, and Lansing through
him, <add>to bring about.</add> <del>to urge</del> as close a union with Brazil as it was possible <del>to bring about.</del>
I hope she will have the good sense to join us in the war, because <add>to have the Americas solidly against her</add> <del>it</del> would
have a disheartening effect upon Germany <del>to have the Americas solidly against</del>
<del>her</del>
April 8, 1917.
Baruch is here from Washington and tells me of the activities of the
Council for National Defence. Things are going so much better than anyone
anticipated that one feels encouraged to believe that we may pull through
without severe criticism. As I have remarked before, the President has a
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