[93] Mr. Irwin Laughlin, first secretary of the Embassy.
[94] Sir Cecil Spring Rice, British Ambassador at Washington.
[95] Sir Edward Grey.
[96] Senator William J. Stone, perhaps the leading spokesman of the pro-German cause in the United States Senate. Senator Stone represented Missouri, a state with a large German-American element.
[97] See Chapter VII.
[98] Private secretary to Sir Edward Grey.
[99] The reference is to an attempt by Germany to start peace negotiations in September, 1914, after the Battle of the Marne. This is described in the next chapter.