Sir Edward Grey recalled to me to-day that he had waited for the President to take up the Canal tolls controversy at his convenience.

'When he took it up at his own time to suit his own plans, he took it up in the most admirable way possible.' This whole story is too good to be lost.

If the repeal of the tolls clause passes the Senate, I propose to make a speech in the House of Commons on 'The Proper Way for Great Governments to Deal with One Another,' and use this experience.
"Sir Edward also spoke of being somewhat 'depressed' by the fierce opposition to the President on the tolls question--the extent of Anglophobia in the United States.
"Here is a place for a campaign of education--Chautaqua and whatnot.
"The amount of Anglophobia _is_ great.

But I doubt if it be as great as it seems; for it is organized and is very vociferous.

If you collected together or thoroughly organized all the people in the United States who have birthmarks on their faces, you'd be 'depressed' by the number of them." Nothing could have more eloquently proved the truth of this last remark than the history of this Panama bill itself.