The passage just quoted, if rendered from diplomatic into colloquial
language, would, we venture to say, run as follows: "Surely you must see what a mess your interference with our trade is getting us into with our commercial people. We quite realize that you've got to fight the Germans with the gloves off, bat you can't want to see American opinion ranged against you because you have half ruined a large section of our people. Do be reasonable, and enable us to give some sort of answer to the traders who are calling ns all the names under the sun because, as they say, we are cringing to Britain and not standing up for our own people, and are allowing an arrogant belligerent to deprive them of their legitimate com- mercial profits, &c., dm. Hit Germany as hard as you like, provided you don't injure tis at the same time."
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