GERMANY'S FIRST PEACE DRIVES The Declaration of London was not the only problem that distracted Page in these early months of the war.

Washington's apparent determination to make peace also added to his daily anxieties.

That any attempt to end hostilities should have distressed so peace-loving and humanitarian a statesman as Page may seem surprising; it was, however, for the very reason that he was a man of peace that these Washington endeavours caused him endless worry.

In Page's opinion they indicated that President Wilson did not have an accurate understanding of the war.

The inspiring force back of them, as the Ambassador well understood, was a panic-stricken Germany.