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40 [[vertical note in left margin]] Not Proteus Steinmetz [[/marginal note]] guished men. [[red underline]] Secrecy is requested. [[/red underline]]. Only German name is Steinmetz of Janney and Steinmetz [[red underline]] of Philadelphia [[/red underline]] and he looks and acts and talks very little [[/red underline]] as a German, [[/red underline]] in fact he is a [[red underline]] wide-awake American [[/red underline]] eager to serve his country and his suggestions for protecting merchant ship by towing on each [[size/side?]] a very thick net 1/2 wire, buoyed by pontoons in small units seems very promising and received much interest. Continuous session from 9 till 5:30 P.M with only a few minutes interruption for taking a sandwich and a cup of coffee without leaving the room. [[red underline]] A well conducted, businesslike meeting no time lost in needless [[/red underline]] [[end page]] [[start page]] 41 [[red underline]] discussions, [[/red underline]] everybody crisp and to the point except [[red underline]] again Hudson Maxim [[/red underline]] who dearly loves to hear himself talk at any and all occasions. Afterwards went to University Club for supper, then to Chemists Club but stayed there only for a few minutes as there was [[strikethrough]] the [[/strikethrough]] a formal dance going on. [[strikethrough]] March 4 (Sunday [[/strikethrough]] [[red underline]] German Government confirms dispatch to Carranza [[/red underline]] excusing itself by stating that such an alliance was [[red underline]] only meant in case U.S. declared war. [[/red underline]] No wonder Germany since long has lost all notion of right or wrong, and will explain anything which fits its schemes. March 4. 1917 (Sunday) Mr. [[red underline]] [[Potjes?]] and Horta [[/red underline]] and their wives invited for lunch at our home. Afternoon [[red underline]] Ishikawa and Namakura [[/red underline]] called.