As a matter of fact, I had been taken by surprise myself; no notice had been given; it was only during the dinner itself that the Germans asked me to speak.
"Left at 10 P.M.for Vienna.
"From the 29th to the morning of the 3rd I was in Vienna.

Two long audiences with the Emperor gave me the opportunity of telling him what had passed at Brest.

He fully approves, of course, the point of view that peace must be made, if at all possible.
"I have dispatched a trustworthy agent to the outer provinces in order to ascertain the exact state of feeling there.

He reports that _all_ are against the Bolsheviks except the Bolsheviks themselves.

The entire body of citizens, peasants--in a word, everyone with any possessions at all--trembles at the thought of these red robbers, and wishes to go over to Germany.