[52] At this time the proposal of such a gift found much popular favour. However, the plan was not carried through.
[53] At the meeting of Page and the President at Shadow Lawn, September 22, 1916. See Chapter XIX.
[54] Secretary of Agriculture in President Wilson's Cabinet.
[55] The quotation is from a memorandum of the conversation made by one of the secretaries of the American Embassy.
[56] The British and French Commissions, headed by Mr. Balfour and M. Viviani.
[57] American military attaché in London.