"God knows, I'm trying," he replied.

"Tell the President that.

And tell him to talk to Balfour." Presently he broke out--"Madmen, madmen--I never saw any such task," and he pointed across the room to Sir Edward Carson, his First Lord of the Admiralty--"Madmen." "But the President's right.

We've got to settle it and we've got to settle it now." Carson and Jellicoe came across the room and sat down with us.

"I've been telling the Ambassador, Carson, that we've got to settle the Irish question now--in spite of you.
"I'll tell you something else we've got to settle now," said Carson.