[64] April 16, 1919.

[65] Madame N——­ showed a friend of mine an autograph letter which she claims to have received from one of her clients, “a world’s famous man.”  I was several times invited to inspect it at the clairvoyante’s abode, or at my own, if I preferred.

[66] Articles on the subject appeared in the French press.  To the best of my recollection there was one in Bonsoir.

[67] The American Red Cross buried sixteen hundred of them in August, 1919. The Chicago Tribune (Paris edition), August 30, 1919.

[68] The reply, of which I possess what was given to me as a copy, is dated Paris, January 9, 1919, and is in French.

[69] Imagine, for instance, the condition of mind into which the following day’s work must have thrown the American statesman, beset as he was with political worries of his own.  The extract quoted is taken from The Daily Mail of April 18, 1919 (Paris edition).

President Wilson had a busy day yesterday, as the following list of engagements shows:  11 A.M.  Dr. Wellington Koo, to present the Chinese Delegation to the Peace Conference. 11.10 A.M.  Marquis de Vogue had a delegation of seven others, representing the Congres Francais, to present their view as to the disposition of the left bank of the Rhine. 11.30 A.M.  Assyrian and Chaldean Delegation, with a message from the Assyrian-Chaldean nation. 11.45 A.M.  Dalmatian Delegation, to present to the President the result of the plebiscite of that part of Dalmatia occupied by Italians. Noon.  M. Bucquet, Charge d’Affaires of San Marino, to convey the action of the Grand Council of San Marino, conferring on the President Honorary Citizenship in the Republic of San Marino. 12.10 P.M.  M. Colonder, Swiss Minister of Foreign Affairs. 12.20 P.M.  Miss Rose Schneiderman and Miss Mary Anderson, delegates of the National Women’s Trade Union League of the United States. 12.30 P.M.  The Patriarch of Constantinople, the head of the Orthodox Eastern Church. 12.45 P.M.  Essad Pasha, delegate of Albania, to present the claims of Albania. 1 P.M.  M.M.L.  Coromilas, Greek Minister at Rome, to pay his respects. Luncheon.  Mr. Newton D. Baker, Secretary for War. 4 P.M.  Mr. Herbert Hoover. 4.15 P.M.  M. Bratiano, of the Rumanian Delegation. 4.30 P.M.  Dr. Affonso Costa, former Portuguese Minister, Portuguese Delegate to the Peace Conference. 4.45 P.M.  Boghos Nubar Pasha, president of the Armenian National Delegation, accompanied by M.A.  Aharoman and Professor A. Der Hagopian, of Robert College. 5.15 P.M.  M. Pasitch, of the Serbian Delegation. 5.30 P.M.  Mr. Frank Walsh, of the Irish-American Delegation.

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CENSORSHIP AND SECRECY