Walter H. Page

THE
LIFE AND LETTERS OF
WALTER H. PAGE

BY

BURTON J. HENDRICK


VOLUME I

GARDEN CITY     NEW YORK
DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY
1922

PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES
AT
THE COUNTRY LIFE PRESS, GARDEN CITY, N.Y.

First Edition
after the printing of 377 de luxe copies


PREFATORY NOTE

Among the many who have assisted in the preparation ofthis Biography especial acknowledgment is made to Mr.Irwin Laughlin, First Secretary and Counsellor of the LondonEmbassy under Mr. Page. Mr. Page's papers show thehigh regard which he entertained for Mr. Laughlin's abilitiesand character, and the author similarly has found Mr.Laughlin's assistance indispensable. Mr. Laughlin has hadthe goodness to read the manuscript and make numerous suggestions,all for the purpose of reënforcing the accuracy of thenarrative. The author gratefully remembers many long conversationswith Viscount Grey of Fallodon, in which Anglo-Americanrelations from 1913 to 1916 were exhaustivelycanvassed and many side-lights thrown upon Mr. Page's conductof his difficult and delicate duties. The British ForeignOffice most courteously gave the writer permission to examinea large number of documents in its archives bearing upon Mr.Page's ambassadorship and consented to the publication ofseveral of the most important.

B.J.H.


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CONTENTS

VOLUME I