BY MEANS OF THE EMPIRE AND TO USE AGAINST GERMANY AND OTHER
COUNTRIES AS WELL, INCLUDING NEUTRALS.  THE FIELD MARSHALL
ILLUSTRATED THIS POINT BY RAISING THE QUESTION OF WHAT AMERICA'S
ATTITUDE WOULD BE IF GERMANY TRIED TO STIR UP TROUBLE IN MEXICO
AGAINST THE UNITED STATES, AS ENGLAND HAD BEEN DOING IN EASTER
EUROPE AGAINST GERMANY, OR IF GERMANY DETAINED AMERICAN SHIPS AND
SEIZED AMERICAN MAILS TO NEUTRAL COUNTRIES AS ENGLAND IS DOING.  I
WENT INTO A DISCUSSION WITH THE FIELD MARSHALL OF AMERICAN PUBLIC
OPINION IN RELATION TO CERTAIN OF THE CURRENT POLITICAL FACTORS IN
EUROPE.  I POINTED OUT TO THE FIELD MARSHALL THAT AMERICAN PUBLIC
OPINION HELD THAT IT LAY WELL WITHIN GERMANY'S GRASP TO PROVIDE AN
EARLY SITUATION TO THE SITUATION WHICH EXISTED BETWEEN RUSSIA AND
FINLAND.  GERMANY'S POSITION IN THE MATTER BEYOND DOUBT ENTITLED
HER TO CERTAIN POWERS OF MEDIATION.  SENTIMENT IN THE UNITED STATES
WITH REGARD TO RUSSIA HAD BEEN DEVELOPING UNFAVORABLY FOR THE
PAST YEAR OR MORE, AND HAD RECIEVED A STILL FURTHER SETBACK
THROUGH THE