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present excepting society folk along the Shore.
The Attorney General stopped off on his way to Maine and spent the day.
He had but little of interest to tell. I asked him <add>when</add> <del/> the Cabinet knew
about the President's reply to the Pope. He said not until the afternoon of
the 28th at the Cabinet meeting. The note had already been coded and cabled
abroad and had been given to the foreign ambassadors. Gregory said there was
no dissention concerning it. It was too late to make any changes since it
had already been put out. The first proof of the message had in it the word
"childish", but after receiving my second letter on the subject, the President
evidently called in the first issue and eliminated that word. Gordon tells
me that the British Ambassador told him that Jusserand "jumped the bars" when
he first read it before the elimination of "childish" was made, and was happy
<add>at</add> <del>of</del> the change.
Gregory asked how I got along with Lansing. I told him that Lansing
had never shown the slightest indication of jealousy, but had acted splendidly
from start to finish, and I wondered why Mr. Bryan had shown so much of that
feeling. Gregory thought the explanation easy. Bryan is egotistic and
counts himself as one of the great men of the world. He therefore felt hu-
miliated at finding himself in such a position. He became Secretary of
State without knowing that <add>a</add> condition would e<add>x</add>sist where I had the complete con-
fidence of the President and he <add>had</add> <del>did</del> not. Lansing, on the other hand, was
Counsellor under Bryan and understood the condition and was willing to become
Secretary of State fully realizing my position. Gregory thought, too, that
the fact that I had been so largely instrumental in securing Lansing's ap-
pointment had some effect upon his actions.
Gregory expressed pleasure that the President named Lansing instead
of Houston. He thought it would have been impossible for me to get along
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present excepting society folk along the Shore.
The Attorney General stopped off on his way to Maine and spent the day.
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