We must sign the pact of London--not make a separate peace.
We mustn't longer spin dreams about peace, nor leagues to enforce peace, nor the Freedom of the Seas.

These things are mere intellectual diversions of minds out of contact with realities.
Every political and social ideal we have is at stake.

If we make them secure, we'll save Europe from destruction and save ourselves, too.

I pray for vigour and decision and clear-cut resolute action.
(1) The Navy--full strength, no "grapejuice" action.
(2) An immediate expeditionary force.
(3) A larger expeditionary force very soon.
(4) A large loan at a low interest.
(5) Ships, ships, ships.
(6) A clear-cut expression of the moral issue.

Thus (and only thus) can we swing into a new era, with a world born again.
Yours in strictest confidence, W.H.P.
A memorandum, written on April 3rd, the day after President Wilson advised Congress to declare a state of war with Germany: _The Day_ When I went to see Mr.Balfour to-day he shook my hand warmly and said: "It's a great day for the world." And so has everybody said, in one way or another, that I have met to-day.
The President's speech did not appear in the morning papers--only a very brief summary in one or two of them; but the meaning of it was clear.