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November 12, 1917. I
I walked to the Embassy this morning to see Page in order to ask his ad-
vice <add>concerning</add> <del/> several matters, about which I thought he would like to be con-
sulted. I also saw Irwin Laughlin for a few moments.
Massingham of The Nation was my first caller at Chesterfield House. He
thanked me cordially for having used my good offices in getting the ban lifted
from his publication. I do not know where he got his information but he
knew of my endeavors. Massingham gave me <add>an <gap reason=�illegible�> into</add> <del>some information of</del> the situation
here which I consider valuable. I was sorry not to have a longer time with
him, but it was necessary for him to make way for General, Sir William Robert-
son.
Robertson is a plain, forceful soldier without polish but without subti-
fuge and seems to know his job. I was prepared to hear him criticise the
proposed Supreme War Council of which he is not to be a member. General Wil-
son, who is to be the military member, is not en rapport with either Robertson
or Haig. Robertson talked to me in confidence, asking me not to repeat
what he said. I asked if he had considered how dangerous it was to go much
further in Asia Minor. I feared a disaster might happen to the British there
similar to that which came to the Italians on the Piave. He assured me they
had no intention of pushing beyond the safety line. He said the Turks had
become rather assertive and it was necessary to give them "a dressing down".
When that was done, nothing further, at the moment, was contemplated. I
found him against dividing the Allied forces into the several expeditions
this, that or the other one thought advisable. He wishes to concentrate on
the Western Front, and he believes in the British having control of their own
forces without regard to France, for they might have to stand alone against
the enemy. <del/> He seems to have the pre-war British prejudice against
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