The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume II eBook

Burton J. Hendrick
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 516 pages of information about The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume II.

The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume II eBook

Burton J. Hendrick
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 516 pages of information about The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume II.
Atlanta Exposition, 34;
  on the staff of N.Y. World, 35;
  married, 37;
  first acquaintance with Woodrow Wilson, 37;
  Americanism fully developed, 40;
  regard for President Cleveland, 40;
  founds State Chronicle at Raleigh, 42;
  a breaker of images—­of the South, 44;
  the “mummy letters,” 45;
  instrumental in establishment of State College, Raleigh, 47;
  with N.Y. Evening Post, 48;
  makes the Forum of great influence and a business success, 49;
  a new type of editor, 50;
  editor of Atlantic Monthly, 53;
  discovers unpublished letters of Thomas Carlyle, 60;
  attitude toward Spanish American War, 62;
  the Harper experiment, 65;
  joins in founding Doubleday, Page & Co., 66;
  his policy for the World’s Work, 66;
  public activities, 72;
  in behalf of education, 72;
  his address, “The Forgotten Man,” 74;
  his Creed of Democracy, 78;
  work with General Education Board, 85;
  independence as an editor, 87;
  severely criticizes John D. Archbold for Foraker bribery, 88;
  appointed by Roosevelt on Country Life Commission, 89;
  other public services, 89;
  author of “the Southerner” 90;
  activities in behalf of Southern agriculture and Hookworm
  eradication, 94;
  his interest in Wilson’s candidacy and election, 102, et seq.;
  discourages efforts to have him named for Cabinet position, 113;
  why he was not named, 118;
  protests against appointment of Daniels, 119;
  love for farming, 127, 128;
  offered Ambassadorship, 130;
  impressions of London and the Embassy, 132, 144;
  impressions of Scotland, 142;
  handling of the Mexican situation, 183;
  belief in intervention in Mexico, 193, 194;
  complimented by President Wilson, Bryan, and Sir William Tyrrell, 208;
  his part in the removal of Sir Lionel Carden from Mexican post, 215;
  commended by Wilson, 219, 221;
  suggested for Secretary of Agriculture, 232, 286;
  why he wished to remain in London, 240;
  work in behalf of Panama Tolls Bill repeal, 244;
  assailed for certain speeches, 258, 259;
  opposed to including Germany in international alliance, favouring
  understanding between English-speaking peoples, 282;
  difficulties at outbreak of the war, 301 et seq.;
  asked to take over Austrian Embassy, 305, German Embassy, 306;
  varied duties of war time, 337;
  difficulties in charge of German and Austrian and Turkish embassies, 345;
  relief work in starving Belgium, 346;
  ageing under the strain and the depressing environment, 357;
  difficulties of maintaining neutrality, 358;
  warned from Washington, 362;
  tactful handling of the demands that Declaration of London be
  adopted, 370, 373;
  writes Colonel House that he will resign if demands are insisted on, 383;
  memorandum of the affair, 385;
  his solution of the Dacia puzzle, 394;
  attitude toward a premature peace, 417;
  learns through General French of the undiplomatic methods of State
  Department in peace proposals, 425, 427

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