February 1, 1918 - Don Martin meets Lord Robert Cecil

Don Martin started his second month reporting from London. He will be there up to early March when he moved to France. Will there be more air raids? A submarine will sink the Tuscania. Enjoy! Reminder: click on three redlines at top right and then click down arrow next to Archive to see all the earlier posts.

Don Martin diary entry for Friday, February 1, 1918:

Spent most of the afternoon in the office. Saw Colonel [John] Buchan [Director of Information] and Lord Robert Cecil, foreign secretary. Both had tea while they were talking to the correspondents. [Lord Robert Cecil was at the time Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and already developing a concept for the League of Nations. He received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1937 for his League of Nations work.]

Lord Robert Cecil

In the evening Milton Snyder of the Sun, who has come to London to relieve Welliver came in the office. Sat around lobby till 1 a.m. with Ben Russell and a chap named Mortimer Bryans of Chicago. Still find the British pessimistic over war outlook. They seem to think next 3 months will be the crucial period of the war.

Got letter from Commodore [Bennett] saying my expenses will be paid, with my salary through N.Y. office.

Weather raw and cloudy. No raid weather.

The New York Herald published on February 1 a war cartoon in reaction to a report that beer production was being halted in Germany.

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