The discussion showed how far apart were the President and his Ambassador on practically every issue connected with the crisis.

Naturally the President's reference to the causes of the war--that there were many causes, some of them of long persistence, and that Great Britain's domination of the "earth" was one of them--conflicted with the judgment of a man who attributed the origin of the struggle to German aggression.
The President's statement that American sympathy for the Allies had now changed to irritation, and the tolerant attitude toward Germany which Mr.Wilson displayed, affected Page with the profoundest discouragement.
The President's intimation that he would advance Germany's request for an armistice, if it looked toward peace--this in reply to Page's message that Great Britain would not receive such a proposal in a kindly spirit--seemed to lay the basis of further misunderstandings.

The interview was a disheartening one for Page.

Many people whom the Ambassador met in the course of this visit still retain memories of his fervour in what had now become with him a sacred cause.

With many friends and officials he discussed the European situation almost like a man inspired.