A Journalist's Diplomatic Mission

by Hamilton, John Maxwell; Mann, Robert

• ISBN13: 9780807144237
• ISBN10: 0807144231
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-12-07
• Publisher: Louisiana State Univ Pr

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. xi
Introduction	p. xiii
Reporting on Public Opinion in Great Britain, France, and Italy
I Sail for England	p. 3
London, and an Airplane Bombing	p. 7
First Impressions of British Opinion	p. 11
I Dine with Ambassador Page	p. 18
Arthur Henderson and Other Labour and Radical Leaders	p. 25
Great Battle in France	p. 33
I Meet a Saint	p. 40
The Peace-by-Negotiation Movement	p. 47
Lord Mayor's Dinner	p. 53
London in War Time	p. 58
A Conversation with Bertrand Russell	p. 62
The "Other Halfö and the War	p. 67
The Snowdens and the "I.L.P."	p. 72
The House of Lords Solemnly Discusses the War	p. 75
I Gather a Variety of British Opinions	p. 82
I Visit Lord Charnwood at Lichfield	p. 88
A Crucial English By-election	p. 92
Sir Horace Plunkett and the Irish Problem	p. 98
Ulster Speaks Its Mind	p. 106
A Visit to the Pages at Sandwich	p. 111
A Lull in the Battle	p. 120
Wilson's Leadership in Europe	p. 126
I Sit Between the Lion and the Unicorn	p. 131
English Leaders and English Ideas	p. 136
I Attend a Dramatic Meeting of the Labour Party Conference	p. 141
I Attend an American Baseball Game	p. 148
In London Again	p. 154
The British Sense of Superiority	p. 165
My Summaries of the Situation in England and France After Five Months	p. 170
I Went Today to Dorking	p. 180
Attitude of French Radicals Toward the War	p. 185
I See Something of the War in Italy	p. 190
The Piavi River Front and the War in the Alps	p. 195
A Great Day in War-Shattered Venice	p. 198
Great News in Milan and a Great Strike	p. 200
Rome Again	p. 205
Reverberations in Rome of Wilson's Responses to Germany	p. 212
I Visit the Radical Leaders of Rome	p. 217
My Report to the State Department from Italy	p. 221
Night Train to Paris	p. 230
The Paris Peace Conference
I Arrive at Paris	p. 233
The Heart of Wilson's Problem in Europe as I Saw It	p. 240
The Armistice in Paris	p. 245
I Return to Italy	p. 252
Genoa and Florence	p. 260
I Return to Paris	p. 267
Wilson's Arrival in Paris	p. 271
The King of Italy Visits the President	p. 277
I Meet One of the Wisest Americans in Paris	p. 284
Problems of Publicity at the Paris Peace Conference	p. 290
Return Voyage to Paris with the Presidential Party	p. 294
The President Throws a Bombshell	p. 303
Efforts to Wear the President Down	p. 313
The President Falls Ill	p. 321
Northcliffe Attacks Lloyd George and Wilson	p. 330
Great Battle over Japanese-Chinese Problems	p. 341
May Day Riots in Paris	p. 354
Greatest Day, So Far, of the Peace Conference	p. 361
I Fly to Brussels	p. 369
Jokers in the Treaty	p. 380
Flooded with German Responses to Treaty Provisions	p. 389
Several Important Conversations with the President	p. 397
First Meeting of the Entire American Peace Commission	p. 407
Europe Awakening to the Realities	p. 413
Problem of Germany's Admission to the League	p. 420
Wilson as a Story Teller	p. 429
Breathless Final Days	p. 437
Index	p. 449
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