Lord Hardinge
In the House of Commons on 4th March last, Mr Dillon caused some excitement by reading from the German newspapers what purported to . 'be a private letter from Lord Hardinge to Sir George Buchanan, the (British Ambassador at Petrograd. The letter —dated July 31, 1916—deplored the retirement of M. Sazonoff "during the progress of the negotiations with reference to Rumania's entrance into the war." It referred to Mr McKenna as "narow-minded and pedantic, like all financial, people,", added that "we may have to intervene to convince him" of the importance of the rouble exchange. As for the negotiations with Rumania, the writer would never be convinced of their success until he he had seen the Rumanian declaration of war. • "Bratiano," another passag© ran, "is one of the most evasive fellows, and even at this moment he. is inclined to wriggle out on the alleged pretext that our offensive at (Salonika is not everything he desires."' Mr Dillon decflared that if the letter was authentic Lord Bardinge ought to quit the Foreign Office.
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Levin Daily Chronicle, 19 June 1917, Page 2
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174Lord Hardinge Levin Daily Chronicle, 19 June 1917, Page 2
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