I pointed out that Hr.

Lenin, for instance, had not been 'chosen,' and I considered it doubtful whether an impartial election would have brought him into power.

Possibly there might be some in Russia who would consider him also degenerate.
"_December 27, 1917._--The Russians are in despair, and some of them even talked of withdrawing altogether.

They had thought the Germans would renounce all occupied territory without further parley, or hand it over to the Bolsheviks.

Long sittings between the Russians, Kuehlmann, and myself, part of the time with Hoffmann.