They have made provision for commandeering most of the hotels in London that are not yet taken over--for hospitals for the wounded now in France.
And the war would take on a new phase.

Whatever should become of the British and American armies, the Germans would be no nearer having England than they now are.

They would not have command of the sea.

The combined British and American fleets could keep every German ship off the ocean and continue the blockade by sea--indefinitely; and, if the peoples of the two countries hold fast, a victory would be won at last--at sea.
_To Ralph W.Page_ Rest Harrow, Sandwich, Kent.
May 19, 1918.
DEAR RALPH: I felt very proud yesterday when I read T.R.'s good word in the _Outlook_ about your book[76].

If I had written what he said myself--I mean, if I had written what I think of the book--I should have said this very thing.