"You can have everything we've got," the Ambassador said.

"If necessary to give you room, we'll turn the whole Embassy force out into the street." The two men had not previously met, but in an instant they became close friends.

A common sympathy and a common enthusiasm were greatly needed at that crisis.

As soon as Admiral Sims had finished his interview with Admiral Jellicoe, he immediately sought out the Ambassador and laid all the facts before him.

Germany was winning the war.