As no settlement could be arrived at, the plenary sitting was postponed to the 25th, and the Bulgarian delegates wired to Sofia for fresh instructions.
"The Bulgarians received a negative reply, and presumably the snub we had expected.

They were very dejected, and made no further difficulty about agreeing to the common action.

So the matter is settled as far as that goes.
"In the afternoon I had more trouble with the Germans.

The German military party 'fear' that the Entente may, perhaps, be inclined to agree to a general peace, and could not think of ending the war in this 'unprofitable' fashion.

It is intolerable to have to listen to such twaddle.
"If the great victories which the German generals are hoping for on the Western front should be realised, there will be no bounds to their demands, and the difficulty of all negotiations will be still further increased.
"_December 25, 1917._--The plenary sitting took place to-day, when we gave the Russians our answer to their peace proposals.