And he acquitted himself with great success.

He soon became a favourite in London society; the Foreign Office found him always ready to cooeperate in any plan that tended to improve relations between the two countries.

It will be remembered that, when Colonel House returned to London from his interview with the Kaiser in June, 1914, he found British statesmen incredulous about any trouble with Germany.

This attitude was the consequence of Lichnowsky's work.
The fact is that relations between the two countries had not been so harmonious in twenty years.

All causes of possible friction had been adjusted.