At this the Imperial Government subsided.

Despite such annoyances Page refused to let his own feelings interfere with the work.

The mere fact that he despised the Germans made him over-scrupulous in taking all precautions that they obtained exact justice.

But this was all that the German cause in Great Britain did receive.

His administration of the German Embassy was faultless in its technique, but it did not err on the side of over-enthusiasm.
His behaviour throughout the three succeeding years was entirely consistent with his conception of "neutrality." That conception, as is apparent from the letters already printed, was not the Wilsonian conception.