And by dallying with them we do not change the ultimate result, but we take away from ourselves the spunk and credit of getting in instead of being kicked and cursed in.

We've got to get in: they won't play the game in any other way.
I have news direct from a high German source in Berlin which strongly confirms this....
It's a curious thing to say.

But the only solution that I see is another _Lusitania_ outrage, which would force war.
W.H.P.
P.S.The London papers every day say that the President will send a strong note, etc.

And the people here say, "Damn notes: hasn't he written enough ?" Writing notes hurts nobody--changes nothing.

The Washington correspondents to the London papers say that Burleson, the Attorney-General, and Daniels are Bryan men and are holding the President back.
* * * * * The prophecy contained in this letter was quickly fulfilled.