The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page

THE

LIFE AND LETTERS OF

WALTER H. PAGE

BY

BURTON J. HENDRICK

GARDEN CITY. NEW YORK
DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY

1923

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PREFATORY NOTE

Among the many who have assisted in the preparation of this Biography especial acknowledgment is made to Irwin Laughlin, First Secretary and Counsellor of the London Embassy under Mr. Page. Mr. Page's papers show the high regard which he entertained for Mr. Laughlin's abilities and character, and the author similarly has found Mr. Laughlin's assistance indispensable. Mr. Laughlin has had the goodness to read the manuscript and make numerous suggestions, all for the purpose of reenforcing the accuracy of the narrative. The author gratefully remembers many long conversations with Viscount Grey of Fallodon, in which Anglo-American relations from 1913 to 1916 were exhaustively canvassed and many side-lights thrown upon Mr. Page's conduct of his difficult and delicate duties. The British Foreign Office most courteously gave the writer permission to examine a large number of documents in its archives bearing upon Mr. Page's ambassadorship and consented to the publication of several of the most important.

B. J. H.

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CONTENTS

VOLUME I

I A RECONSTRUCTION BOYHOOD

II JOURNALISM

III "THE FORGOTTEN MAN"

IV THE WILSONIAN ERA BEGINS

[[V ENGLAND BEFORE THE WAR

[[VI "POLICY" AND "PRINCIPLE" IN MEXICO

[[VII PERSONALITIES OF THE MEXICAN PROBLEM

[[VIII HONOUR AND DISHONOUR IN PANAMA

[[IX AMERICA TRIES TO PREVENT THE EUROPEAN WAR

[[X THE GRAND SMASH

[[XI ENGLAND UNDER THE STRESS OF WAR

[[XII "WAGING NEUTRALITY".

[[XIII GERMANY'S FIRST PEACE DRIVES.

VOLUME II

[[XIV THE "LUSITANIA" AND AFTER

[[XV THE AMBASSADOR AND THE LAWYERS

[[XVI DARK DAYS FOR THE ALLIES

[[XVII CHRISTMAS IN ENGLAND, 1915

[[XVIII A PERPLEXED AMBASSADOR

[[XIX WASHINGTON IN THE SUMMER OF 1916

XX "PEACE WITHOUT VICTORY"

XXI THE UNITED STATES AT WAR

XXII THE BALFOUR MISSION TO THE UNITED STATES

XXIII PAGE---THE MAN

XXIV A RESPITE AT ST. IVES

XXV GETTING THE AMERICAN TROOPS TO FRANCE

XXVI LAST DAYS IN ENGLAND

XXVII THE END

APPENDIX

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS