I have my staff of twenty-five good men getting all sorts of warlike information; and I have just organized twenty-five or thirty more--the best business Americans in London--who are also at work.

I am trying to get the Government at Washington to send over a committee of conference--a General, an Admiral, a Reserve Board man, etc., etc.

If they do half the things that I recommend we'll be in at the final lickin' big, and will save our souls yet.
There's lots of human nature in this world.

A note is now sometimes heard here in undertone (Northcliffe strikes it)--that they don't want the Americans in the war.

This means that if we come in just as the Allies finish the job we'll get credit, in part, for the victory, which we did little to win! But that's a minor note.