I know his whole tribe, his home-life, his family connections, his friends; and, of course, since he became Foreign Secretary, I've come to know him intimately.

When the question first came up here of his going, of course I welcomed it enthusiastically.

About that time during a two-hour conversation he asked me why the British were so unpopular in the United States.

Among other reasons I told him that our official people on both sides steadfastly refused to visit one another and to become acquainted.

Neither he nor Lord Grey, nor Mr.Asquith, nor Mr.Lloyd George, had ever been to the United States, nor any other important British statesman in recent times, and not a single member of the Administration was personally known to a single member of the British Government.