We live in the heart and on the brink of danger.

Our American Allies have a No Man's Land of the Atlantic between them and the formidable and cruel race which has wreaked this ruin, and is already beginning to show a Hydra-like power of recuperation, after its defeat; we have only a river, and not always that.

We have the right to claim that our safety and restoration, the safety of the country which has suffered most, should at this moment be the first thought of Europe.

You speak to us of the League of Nations ?--By all means.

Readjustments in the Balkans and the East ?--As much as you please.