Note 147 — Chapter IV
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Metternich to F. O., Jan. 30, 1902, ibid., XVII, 342 f., No. 5186; Hermann Freiherr von Eckardstein, Lebenserinnerungen und politische Denkwürdigkeiten (Leipzig, 1919, 1921), II, 379; Lansdowne to Monson, Jan. 22, 1902, B.D., II, 262 f., No. 320; interview with Cambon published in the London Times, Dec. 22, 1920; Monson to Lansdowne, Feb. 6, 1902, B.D., I, 274, No. 339. Lansdowne was so much interested in the French Ambassador’s ideas that the latter wrote him a letter enumerating the differences which might be treated. King Edward read the letter and declared to Cambon, “It is excellent. You must go on” (interview with Cambon published in the London Times, Dec. 22, 1920).