On the day following the dismissal of Bernstorff the American Ambassador lunched with the Foreign Secretary at No.

4 Carlton Gardens.
"Mr.Balfour," Page reported to Washington, "gave expression to the hearty admiration which he entertained for the President's handling of a difficult task.

He said that never for a moment had he doubted the President's wisdom in the course he was pursuing.

He had the profoundest admiration for the manner in which he had promptly broken with Germany after receiving Germany's latest note.

Nor had he ever entertained the slightest question of the American people's ready loyalty to their Government or to their high ideals.