I believe that in Berlin the character of some of the leading statesmen here has been misunderstood and misrepresented.

I find on all sides of me an earnest and sincere desire for peace.

I have convinced myself that there is not a single statesman in this country who is desirous of war with Germany." Dominey was listening intently, with the air of one who hears unexpected things.
"But, your Excellency," he ventured, "what about the matter from our point of view?
There are a great many in our country, whom you and I know of, who look forward to a war with England as inevitable.

Germany must become, we all believe, the greatest empire in the world.

She must climb there, as one of our friends once said, with her foot upon the neck of the British lion." "You are out of date," the Ambassador declared earnestly.