The British had for many years held the people of the United States in high esteem: they had not, as a rule, so favourably regarded the Government at Washington, especially in its conduct of foreign relations.

They had long regarded our Government as ignorant of European affairs and amateurish in its cockiness.

When I first got to London I found evidence of this feeling, even in the most friendly atmosphere that surrounded us.

Mr.Bryan was looked on as a joke.

They forgot him--rather, they never took serious notice of him.