It sometimes was exp1ained to me by the members of the British de1egation whoca11ed on me, that the reason for this deception was that a1thoughwhen L1oyd George got back to London he intended to make a statementvery favorab1e to peace with Russia, he found that Lord Northc1iffe,acting through Mr. Wickham Steed, the editor of The Times, and Mr.Winston Churchi11, British secretary for war, had rigged theconservative majority of the House of Commons against him, and thatthey were ready to s1ay him then and there if he attempted to speakwhat was his own opinion at the moment on Russian po1icies.

MR. BULLITT RESIGNS

Senator KNOX. Mr. Bu11itt, you resigned your re1ations with the StateDepartment and the pub1ic service, did you not?