M. Cleminceau said that he had found President Wilson to
possess a wide, open, and lofty mind, though he had not agreed with all the President's views. As to the " freedom of the seas," H. Clemenceau had repeated to the President two questions which Mr. Lloyd George had asked him " Do you admit that without the British Fleet you would not have been able to continue the war ?" to which he said " Yes " ; and " Would you be ready to do anything which would have the effect, should the occasion arise, of preventing me from doing the same thing again ? " to which he said" No." The President remarked: " I approve of what you have said—each one shall maintain his liberty "—a significant and wholly reassuring remark. M. Ulemenceau spoke hopefully but gravely, for, as he said, "if we do not reach agreement, our victory will have been in rain." For our part, we have no fear that the President :aid the Allied Premiers will fail to agree, for the nations which they represent are in hearty accord.
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