"I am sorry," wrote Colonel House to Page, "that the Buttrick speaking programme has turned out as it has.

The President was decidedly opposed to it and referred to it with some feeling." FOOTNOTES: [Footnote 64: August 1, 1917, Pope Benedict XV sent a letter to the Powers urging them to bring the war to an end and outlining possible terms of settlement.

On August 29th President Wilson sent his historic reply.

This declared, in memorable language, that the Hohenzollern dynasty was unworthy of confidence and that the United States would have no negotiations with its representatives.

It inferentially took the stand that the Kaiser must abdicate, or be deposed, and the German autocracy destroyed, as part of the conditions of peace.] [Footnote 65: On November 29, 1917, the London _Daily Telegraph_ published a letter from the Marquis of Lansdowne, which declared that the war had lasted too long and suggested that the British restate their war aims.