These thing are really serious. So is the failure of the Prime Minister and of M. Poincaré to meet in Paris during Mr. Lloyd George's journey home. This failure was probably due to the indisposition of each Premier to take the initiative in a meeting. For certain good reasons which cannot now be given, the initiative should have been taken by Mr. Lloyd George. Failing this, why did not his Cabinet or Lord Hardinge suggest it? If they did, why was the advice not followed? There is no place for pride and personal pique when such great interests are involved. At this rate we shall find a similar indisposition on both sides to renew the old amicable relations which preserved Europe from German hegemony.
Nearly all- the dissamsions be-
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