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distinct feeling that the President's policy was to 
place the United States in a position to exert successfully 
practically a constructive influence towards a
just formation of orderly and reasonable international
relations. He did not believe that America would repeat
the mistake of Wilson, who had actually ruled the world
by the promise of his ideas, but was now almost forgotten 
because he had not fulfilled their promise because he
had allowed himself to be entangled by his war allies
and internal opposition. He personally believed that
America would not enter the war except to prevent the
sudden collapse of Great Britain, or just before its
close, in order to exert a constructive and decisive
influence on the terms of peace.
 
 
While he hed no belief that he would now be invited
by some private organization to come to the States as a
private citizen to deliver an address on some general
subject, he still believed that this project was a good
one. The President, in the deBire to bring the world 
back to sanity, must endeavor to exert an influence not
only on the governing circles in Great Britain but also
on Germany as well, and that could be accomplished through
him if he had the opportunity of personally discussing
matters.