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The words we have just quoted will be read with

a profound sense of satisfaction and agreement by moderate men through- out the country. At the same time, we find it exceedingly difficult to reconcile Sir Edward Grey's statement with the words, or perhaps we should say with the atmosphere, of the Prime Minister's statements. As practical men, we are bound to think not merely of the grammar and the actual phrases of a statement, but of the impression which they make upon men's minds, and the impression which the Prime Minister's words made on the minds of the public in general was something very different from that conveyed by Sir Edward Grey.

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