42/101 But at noon a wire from Bussche: Hertling had spoken with the Kaiser, who is perfectly satisfied. Kuehlmann said to me: 'The Kaiser is the only sensible man in the whole of Germany.' "We have at last agreed about the form of the committee; that is, a committee _ad hoc_ is to be formed in Brest, to work out a plan for the evacuation and voting in detail. _Tant bien que mal_, a provisional expedient. All home to report; next sitting to be held January 5, 1918. He answered at once, and very neatly, but told me immediately afterwards that I had taken him by surprise. |