The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page

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THE

LIFE AND LETTERS OF

WALTER H. PAGE


BY


BURTON J. HENDRICK


GARDEN CITY. NEW YORK
DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY
1923



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.

CONTENTS


VOLUME I

I A RECONSTRUCTION BOYHOOD VIII HONOUR AND DISHONOUR IN PANAMA
II JOURNALISM IX AMERICA TRIES TO PREVENT THE EUROPEAN WAR
III "THE FORGOTTEN MAN" X THE GRAND SMASH
IV THE WILSONIAN ERA BEGINS XI ENGLAND UNDER THE STRESS OF WAR
V ENGLAND BEFORE THE WAR XII "WAGING NEUTRALITY"
VI "POLICY" AND "PRINCIPLE" IN MEXICO XIII GERMANY'S FIRST PEACE DRIVES
VII PERSONALITIES OF THE MEXICAN PROBLEM


VOLUME II

XIV THE "LUSITANIA" AND AFTER XXI THE UNITED STATES AT WAR
XV THE AMBASSADOR AND THE LAWYERS XXII THE BALFOUR MISSION TO THE UNITED STATES
XVI DARK DAYS FOR THE ALLIES XXIII PAGE---THE MAN
XVII CHRISTMAS IN ENGLAND, 1915 XXIV A RESPITE AT ST. IVES
XVIII A PERPLEXED AMBASSADOR XXV GETTING THE AMERICAN TROOPS TO FRANCE
XIX WASHINGTON IN THE SUMMER OF 1916 XXVI LAST DAYS IN ENGLAND
XX "PEACE WITHOUT VICTORY" XXVII THE END

WALTER H. PAGE APPENDIX


LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS



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