The Hoose will observe that the tone! of this communication was friendly all round to France as well as to ourselves. I expressed appreciation of the friendly tone of the communication of the Ambassador and I thad some farther cop-versations with bim daring which be expressed some regret at the way our Pablic opinion, bad boon. misled be ce conclusions regarding German
I asked him what else could be expected when the German Gorernment bad eaddenly sent a ship to Morocco to 1 closed port, which was ssid to be the most suitable place on the west const of Morocco for a naval base. Of course this action had " mobilized" British pablic opinion.
I pointed out thet after I hed made to him, on Jaly 4, " declaration on behalf of the British Government, we had no communication from "the German Government 1 Joly 24, and even then their denial of any intention to estab li base bad been in a fo could not use Ambusssdor, tameres that oggested
we should not pursue this point. I expressed the hope that this Latest German communication might be taken as a new starting place and that wwe need not go back upon things which mast lead to mutual recrimination.
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