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peace with the militarists of that country. When he left he said with some
emotion, "there are many of us who are praying for you."
Among my callers today was General Bliss. He is much disturbed over
the war situation as indeed is Admiral Benson whom I have also seen. My des-
patche to the President today is a part of the record.
November 16, 1917.
My letter to the President is a part of the diary.
At 12.20 the Ambassador and members of the Mission began to arrive and at a
quarter to one the King's carriages came to take us to the Palace. Page, Benson,
Bliss and I rode in the first carriage. The other followed. We were received
by the Lord Stamford ham and the King's Equerries and taken into the drawing room
and soon thereafter the King, Queen, Princess Mary and Prince Albert were announc-
ed. The King asked the Chamberlain to present me and after a few minutes conver-
sation we all proceeded to the dining room. The only other guests besides the
members of the Mission were the Prime Minister, Mr. Balfour and the Members of
the Household.
I sat between the Queen and the Prime Minister, but my conversation was
mostly with the Queen and was all of a more or less intimate character. She
recalled with some amusement my prediction that Northcliffe would begin an at-
tack on the Ministry, and cited his letter in the morning press declining to ac-
cept a Cabinet position as evidence. She seemed to talk without hesitation
about matters of state or of personages, which would be embarrassing if repeated.
I laughingly recalled to the Queen a passage in Gerard's book relating to
the lunch which he and I took at Potsdam when the Kaiser referred to us as "two
black crows".
I was amused at Page when we were on our way down to take the car-
riages asking General Bliss to discard his eyeglasses. He made the General
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| Transcript | peace with the militarists of that country. When he left he said with some emotion, "there are many of us who are praying for you." Among my callers today was General Bliss. He is much disturbed over the war situation as indeed is Admiral Benson whom I have also seen. My des- patche to the President today is a part of the record. November 16, 1917. My letter to the President is a part of the diary. At 12.20 the Ambassador and members of the Mission began to arrive and at a quarter to one the King's carriages came to take us to the Palace. Page, Benson, Bliss and I rode in the first carriage. The other followed. We were received by the Lord Stamford ham and the King's Equerries and taken into the drawing room and soon thereafter the King, Queen, Princess Mary and Prince Albert were announc- ed. The King asked the Chamberlain to present me and after a few minutes conver- sation we all proceeded to the dining room. The only other guests besides the members of the Mission were the Prime Minister, Mr. Balfour and the Members of the Household. I sat between the Queen and the Prime Minister, but my conversation was mostly with the Queen and was all of a more or less intimate character. She recalled with some amusement my prediction that Northcliffe would begin an at- tack on the Ministry, and cited his letter in the morning press declining to ac- cept a Cabinet position as evidence. She seemed to talk without hesitation about matters of state or of personages, which would be embarrassing if repeated. I laughingly recalled to the Queen a passage in Gerard's book relating to the lunch which he and I took at Potsdam when the Kaiser referred to us as "two black crows". I was amused at Page when we were on our way down to take the car- riages asking General Bliss to discard his eyeglasses. He made the General |
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