Note 1093 — Chapter XVII

Nicolson reported that Tattenbach argued as follows: “He observed that situation had completely changed since Conference had been agreed upon, and that now vis-a-vis to France I was exactly in the same position as the other delegates. He continued that if I urged my French colleague to make all required concessions on police question, my words would be decisive; while if I declined to say those words, I should be practically encouraging my French colleague to resist; and he hinted that if the Conference fell through a great deal of the responsibility would fall on me.” See Nicolson to Grey, Feb. 4, 1906, B.D., III, 241, No. 265; 242 f., No. 267; Grey to Nicolson, Feb. 13, 1906, ibid., 251 f., No. 281; Tardieu, pp. 147 f.