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where he has been for some ten days. He gave an interesting account of his last
visit to the Western Front.
Paul Kellogg and Ratcliffe of the Manchester Guardian came to seek ad-
vice regarding certain plans they have for influencing the Allies toward peace
proposals. I advised them to do nothing for the moment, advice which they pro-
mised to follow.
May 16, 1917.
I have seldom had a more strenuous day than this. Sir William Wiseman,
Colcord, Gerard, Penfield, Mrs. Gifford Pinchot, Mrs. August Belmont, Oscar Straus,
Chas. A. Stone, Cabot Ward, and Henri Lambert of Belgium were among the callers
who took up their share of my time. The correspondents and telephone calls, made
the day from start to finish, a trying one.
Wiseman came first. With him it is always to map out plans affecting the
war and international relations. We again discussed the plan to start propaganda
in Russia to <del/> offset German propaganda of like sort. My suggestion was
that the British and American Governments pay for this jointly, and let Wiseman
assume charge of it. It is a one man job and, of necessity, should not be talked
about if it is to be successful. We thought it would take a million dollars to
do it properly. A memorandum of our joint ideas is attached as a part of the re-
cord.
Frederick Penfield gave an account of conditions in Austria, from whence he
has just come. He states that Austria is now merely a vassal of Germany, and
he was unable to obtain a decision from them, concerning anything of importance,
until it had been passed upon by Berlin. He told of interesting interviews
with the Emperor and Prime Minister. He presented me with a bottle of brandy
which he said <del/> had a certified pedigree of 150 years and was bottled 115 years
ago for the Great Napoleon whose coat of arms is blown in the glass.
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where he has been for some ten days. He gave an interesting account of his last
visit to the Western Front.
Paul Kellogg and Ratcliffe of the Manchester Guardian came to seek ad-
vice regarding certain plans they have for influencing the Allies toward peace
proposals. I advised them to do nothing for the moment, advice which they pro-
mised to follow.
May 16, 1917.
I have seldom had a more strenuous day than this. Sir William Wiseman,
Colcord, Gerard, Penfield, Mrs. Gifford Pinchot, Mrs. August Belmont, Oscar Straus,
Chas. A. Stone, Cabot Ward, and Henri Lambert of Belgium were among the callers
who took up their share of my time. The correspondents and telephone calls, made
the day from start to finish, a trying one.
Wiseman came first. With him it is always to map out plans affecting the
war and international relations. We again discussed the plan to start propaganda
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