These things travel all round the world from one chancery to another and all governments know them.

Yesterday somebody in Washington talked about my despatch summarizing my talk with Sir Edward Grey about Mexico, and it appeared in the papers here this morning that Sir Edward had told me that the big business interests were pushing him hard.

This I sent as only _my_ inference.

I had at once to disclaim it.

This leaves in his mind a doubt about our care for secrecy.