Note 304 — Chapter VI

Lansdowne to Monson, Feb. 25, 1904, ibid., II, 346, No. 391, and following documents; on March 1, King Edward wrote to Balfour strongly advising in favor of the territorial sacrifice asked by the French on the Newfoundland question, for, he wrote, “more than ever now [in italics in the original] we must leave no bone of contention between ourselves and the French Government” (Lee, II, 248). See also Holstein’s keen analysis of the situation on Jan. 23, 1904, G.P., XIX, 48 ff., No. 5951. Cromer also urged his government to make concessions (Newton, p. 289).