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CONTENTS Acknowledgments xi Introduction xiii PART I: REPORTING ON PUBLIC OPINION IN GREAT BRITAIN, FRANCE, AND ITALY 1. I Sail for England 3 2. London, and an Airplane Bombing 7 3. First Impressions of British Opinion 11 4. I Dine with Ambassador Page 18 5. Arthur Henderson and Other Labour and Radical Leaders 25 6. Great Battle in France 33 7. I Meet a Saint 40 8. The Peace-by-Negotiation Movement 47 9. Lord Mayor’s Dinner 53 10. London in War Time 58 11. A Conversation with Bertrand Russell 62 12. The “Other Half” and the War 67 13. The Snowdens and the “I.L.P.” 72 14. The House of Lords Solemnly Discusses the War 75 15. I Gather a Variety of British Opinions 82 16. I Visit Lord Charnwood at Lichfield 88 17. A Crucial English By-election 92 viii | Contents 18. Sir Horace Plunkett and the Irish Problem 98 19. Ulster Speaks Its Mind 106 20. A Visit to the Pages at Sandwich 111 21. A Lull in the Battle 120 22. Wilson’s Leadership in Europe 126 23. I Sit Between the Lion and the Unicorn 131 24. English Leaders and English Ideas 136 25. I Attend a Dramatic Meeting of the Labour Party Conference 141 26. I Attend an American Baseball Game 148 27. In London Again 154 28. The British Sense of Superiority 165 29. My Summaries of the Situation in England and France After Five Months 170 30. I Went Today to Dorking 180 31. Attitude of French Radicals Toward the War 185 32. I See Something of the War in Italy 190 33. The Piavi River Front and the War in the Alps 195 34. A Great Day in War-Shattered Venice 198 35. Great News in Milan and a Great Strike 200 36. Rome Again 205 37. Reverberations in Rome of Wilson’s Responses to Germany 212 38. I Visit the Radical Leaders of Rome 217 39. My Report to the State Department from Italy 221 40. Night Train to Paris 230 PART II: THE PARIS PEACE CONFERENCE 1. I Arrive at Paris 233 2. The Heart of Wilson’s Problem in Europe as I Saw It 240 3. The Armistice in Paris 245 4. I Return to Italy 252 [3.89.116.152] Project MUSE (2024-03-28 16:05 GMT) Contents | ix 5. Genoa and Florence 260 6. I Return to Paris 267 7. Wilson’s Arrival in Paris 271 8. The King of Italy Visits the President 277 9. I Meet One of the Wisest Americans in Paris 284 10. Problems of Publicity at the Paris Peace Conference 290 11. Return Voyage to Paris with the Presidential Party 294 12. The President Throws a Bombshell 303 13. Efforts to Wear the President Down 313 14. The President Falls Ill 321 15. Northcliffe Attacks Lloyd George and Wilson 330 16. Great Battle over Japanese-Chinese Problems 341 17. May Day Riots in Paris 354 18. Greatest Day, So Far, of the Peace Conference 361 19. I Fly to Brussels 369 20. Jokers in the Treaty 380 21. Flooded with German Responses to Treaty Provisions 389 22. Several Important Conversations with the President 397 23. First Meeting of the Entire American Peace Commission 407 24. Europe Awakening to the Realities 413 25. Problem of Germany’s Admission to the League 420 26. Wilson as a Story Teller 429 27. Breathless Final Days 437 Index 449 This page intentionally left blank ...