• If the Times will not think it " pompous
" of us to say so, we want to pay the greatest courtesy possible to the Government Of the United States. But there is no doubt that one of the best ways of doing so is to send our Prime Minister to Washington, to tell the American people in his own person and in his own magnetic way our feeling towards America.. We admit that the King would be the ideal person to do this, but, unfortunately, at a moment like this, it would probably be judged impossible to carry out such a visit. The difficulties of guarding monarchs just now are extremely great. If reason ruled, the best plan of all would, we believe, be for Mr. Lloyd George to go with all the official éclat at our command to the opening of the dis- armament or main conference. He should, however, remain there for only the first week—i.e., during the general parade of aims and objects. That being accomplished, and he would be sure to accomplish it well, with his magnetic personality, he could return to London and prevent any of the movements growing up here which grew up during President Wilson's absence from Washington.
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