I had gone to the French front on purpose to meet him and to try if it were possible through him to exercise some conciliatory pressure, above all, on the military leaders.

A long conversation that I had with him showed me very clearly that he--if he had ever been of warlike nature--was then a pronounced pacifist.
_Extract from my Diary._ "On the Western front, 1917.

We drove to the Camp des Romains, but in detachments in order not to attract the attention of the enemy artillery to our cars, for in some places the road was visible to the enemy.

I drove together with Bethmann.

When discussing the military leaders, he remarked: 'The generals will probably throw hand grenades at me when they see me.' "An enemy flier cruised high up in the clouds over our heads.