I asked him whether he did not consider it his duty to keep his finger upon the pulses of the other great nations, however friendly they might seem, to keep himself assured that all these expressions of good will were honourable, and that in the heart of the German nation that great craving for revenge which is the natural heritage of the present generation had really become dissipated.

Broadley smiled at me.

'Lord Dorminster,' he said, 'the chief cause of wars in the past has been suspicion.

We look upon espionage as a disgraceful practice.

It is the people of Germany with whom we are in touch now, not a military oligarchy, and the people of Germany no more desire war than we do.