That's the richest place left to spoil.
"Now they say that--quite openly and quite frankly.

Now if we keep 'neutral' to a highwayman--what do we get for our pains?
That's the mistake we are making.

If we had sent Bernstorff home the day after the _Lusitania_ was sunk and recalled Gerard and begun to train an army we'd have had no more trouble with them.

But since they have found out that they can keep us discussing things forever and a day, they will keep us discussing things till they are ready.

We are very simple; and we'll get shot for it yet....
"The prestige and fear of the United States has gone down, down, down-disappeared; and we are regarded as 'discussors,' incapable of action, scared to death of war.