A land and naval and air and submarine battle (the greatest battle in the history of the belligerent race of man) within 75 miles of the coast of England, which hasn't been invaded since 1066 and is now in its greatest danger since that time; and this is no time I fear, to force a great body of doctrine on Great Britain.

God knows I'm afraid some American boat will run on a mine somewhere in the Channel or the North Sea.

There's war there as there is on land in Germany.

Nobody tries to get goods through on land on the continent, and they make no complaints that commerce is stopped.

Everybody tries to ply the Channel and the North Sea as usual, both of which have German and English mines and torpedo craft and submarines almost as thick as batteries along the hostile camps on land.