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[[underlined in red]] Taylor [[/underlined in red]] are now [[strikethrough]] advocating [[/strikethrough]] [[underlined in red]] reluctant to follow recommendations of our board [[/underlined in red]] to order more [[underlined in red]] 200 foot [[/underlined in red]] chasers instead of [[underlined in red]] trying to build destroyers [[/underlined in red]] and submarines in preference to smaller craft which can be built sooner. Afternoon went to [[underlined in red]] Belgian War Exhibit, The Belgian [[/underlined in red]] soldiers had marched to this and were all there. A picturesque lot with their [[underlined in red]] french helmets [[/underlined in red]] and rifles. Met [[underlined in red]] Baron de Cartier, [[/underlined in red]] Major [[underlined in red]] Osterrieth, Mieli [[/underlined in red]] etc. also [[underlined in red]] Count de Renesse [[/underlined in red]] who is [[underlined in red]] Osterrieth aide. [[/underlined in red]] as lieutenant of Belgian Army. [[underlined in red]] de Renesse [[/underlined in red]] looks more [[underlined in red]] like [[strikethrough]] an [[/strikethrough]] a scot [[/underlined in red]] or a [[underlined in red]] scandinavian. [[/underlined in red]] Took him for supper at University Club. He thinks that [[underlined in red]] English officers [[/underlined in red]]
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are [[underlined in red]] snobish [[/underlined in red]] and not so [[underlined in red]] democratic as French or Belgians [[/underlined in red]] and says some of the British [[underlined in red]] Aristocracy have same tendencies as German [[strikethrough]] Y [[/strikethrough]] Junkers. [[/underlined in red]]
June 5. [[strikethrough]] Drove early to [[/strikethrough]] [[underlined in red]] Commencement at Columbia. [[/underlined in red]] Drove there early. Celine and Nina came later. Made honorary doctors among others: [[underlined in red]] Earl Reading, [[/underlined in red]] [[strikethrough]] chief [[/strikethrough]] Lord Chief Justice of England, also [[underlined in red]] Secretary Lansing, [[strikethrough]] Bo [[/strikethrough]] Butler, Lansing and Reading all made excellent speeches. [[/underlined in red]] Most magnificent was that of [[underlined in red]] Lansing [[/underlined in red]] who leaves no uncertainty in his prepared speech (which he read) at to the determination of the [[underlined in red]] United States to carry on the fight till Germany awed by force is willing to grant what she refuses [[/underlined in red]] by reason or [[strikethrough]] apr [[/strikethrough]] appeal to