He would frequently discuss the matter with Mr.
Laughlin.

"That's a pretty harsh letter," he would say.

"I don't like to talk that way to the President, yet it doesn't express half what I feel." "It's your duty to tell the President the real state of affairs," Mr.
Laughlin would urge.
"But do you suppose it does any good ?" Page would ask.
"Yes, it's bound to, and whether it does or not, it's your business to keep him informed." If in these letters Page seems to lay great stress on the judgment of Great Britain and Europe on American policy, it must be remembered that that was his particular province.

One of an Ambassador's most important duties is to transmit to his country the public opinion of the country to which he is accredited.

It was Page's place to tell Washington what Great Britain thought of it; it was Washington's business to formulate policy, after giving due consideration to this and other matters.
_To Edward M.House_ July 21, 1915.
DEAR HOUSE: I enclose a pamphlet in ridicule of the President.