There is an unbounded enthusiasm here for the President's letter and for the President in general.
In spite of certain details which it seems impossible to make understood on the Potomac, the whole American preparation and enthusiasm seem from this distance to be very fine.

The _people_ seem in earnest.

When I read about tax bills, about the food regulation and a thousand other such things, I am greatly gratified.

And it proves that we were right when we said that during the days of neutrality the people were held back.

It all looks exceedingly good from this distance, and it makes me homesick.
_To Frank N.Doubleday_ American Embassy.
[Undated, but written about October I, 1917] DEAR EFFENDI: ...