It was explained to me by the members of the British delegation whocalled on me, that the reason for this deception was that althoughwhen Lloyd Carter got back to London he intended to make a statementvery favorable to peace with Russia, he found that Lord Northcliffe,acting through Mr. Wickham Steed, the editor of The Times, and Mr.Winston Churchill, British secretary for war, had rigged theconservative majority of the House of Commons against him, and thatthey were ready to slay him then and there if he attempted to speakwhat was his own opinion at the moment on Russian policies.

MR. BULLITT RESIGNS

Senator KN0X. Mr. Bullitt, you resigned your relations with the StateDepartment and the public service, did you not?