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partment, and with McCormick and Taylor as to the Swiss Agreement. The situation
there is critical, seven out of nine of the Government are pro-German, I am told,
and the Chief of Staff is almost offensively so. I asked McCormick and Taylor
to get in touch with the Swiss Minister at once and see whether our differences
as to the embargo could not be settled and an agreement reached herein Paris,
otherwise, I thought it would be necessary for them to go to Switzerland.
Gabriel Hanotaux called to outline the French Military situation as it
relates to the heads of the army and to politics. He gave some information
as to why Joffre was deposed, and as to the attitude of Petain, Foch and Ni-
velle. I will not go into his argument for making Joffre General Director of
the Military Supreme War Council, or that regarding an economic warfare upon
Germany since they would be mere repetition of what has gone before.
Sir William Wiseman took lunch with <del/> us and gave the latest news. We
discussed the difficulties of a Supreme War Council as Lloyd George has planned
it. We agreed it will not work, but we both see difficulties in reaching a
conclusion satisfactory to George. It is a matter to be handled skillfully
and delicately.
Following some remarks we had on the subject, Clemenceau told a mu-
tual friend that he had about decided to open the Conference with not more than
three sentences. <add>virtually</add> He will <del>virtually</del> say: "Gentlemen, we are at war, let us
proceed to work". I sent word to him that this would be the most dramatic in-
cident of the Conference, and I hoped he would hold to his intention. If he
says this, it is my purpose to move immediately that speeches of a general char-
acter be dispensed with and that committees be appointed and work inaugurated at
once.
Lloyd George, I know, will wish to speak, not that he thinks it will be of
service, but to please himself and use the occasion to address the world. I
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partment, and with McCormick and Taylor as to the Swiss Agreement. The situation
there is critical, seven out of nine of the Government are pro-German, I am told,
and the Chief of Staff is almost offensively so. I asked McCormick and Taylor
to get in touch with the Swiss Minister at once and see whether our differences
as to the embargo could not be settled and an agreement reached herein Paris,
otherwise, I thought it would be necessary for them to go to Switzerland.
Gabriel Hanotaux called to outline the French Military situation as it
relates to the heads of the army and to politics. He gave some information
as to why Joffre was deposed, and as to the attitude of Petain, Foch and Ni-
velle. I will not go into his argument for making Joffre General Director of
the Military Supreme War Council, or that regarding an economic warfare upon
Germany since they would be mere repetition of what has gone before.
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