"I am an American: you know that I am; you knew my father.

I want an American passport." Page patiently explained the citizenship and naturalization laws and finally convinced his caller that she was now a British subject and must have a British passport.

As this American duchess left the room he shook at her a menacing forefinger.
"Don't tell me," was the Ambassador's parting shot, "that you thought that you could have your Duke and Uncle Sam, too!" The judgments which Page passed on men and things were quick and they were not infrequently wise.

One of these judgments had historic consequences the end of which cannot even yet be foreseen.

On the outbreak of hostilities, as already related, an American Relief Committee was organized in London to look out for the interests of stranded Americans.