"Death sentences" from Germany were showered on me; scorn and contempt alternated with genuine sympathy and agreement.
In the autumn of 1917 the peace movement diminished visibly.

The U-boat fiasco was very obvious.

England saw that she was able to overcome the danger.

The German military leaders still spoke of the positively expected successes of their submarines, but the tenor of their predictions became very different.

There was no longer any talk of the downfall of England within a few months.