Hence the unspeakable impudence of your German who spoke of eliminating the Anglo-Saxon element from American life! The truth should be forcibly and convincingly told and repeated to the end of the chapter, and our national life should proceed on its natural historic lines, with its proper historic outlook and background.

We can do something to bring this about.
Affectionately, W.H.P.
The labour of getting the American Navy into the war was evidently at first a difficult one, but the determination of Page and Admiral Sims triumphed, and, by August and September, our energies were fully engaged.

And the American Navy made a record that will stand everlastingly to its glory.

Without its help the German submarines could never have been overcome.
FOOTNOTES: [Footnote 58: The reference is to the attack made in October, 1916, by the German Submarine U-53, off Nantucket on several British ships.

An erroneous newspaper account said that the _Benham_, an American destroyer, had moved in a way that facilitated the operations of the German submarine.