I felt ill, but got up early, expecting Krassin at 10 o’clock, but at 10
o’clock I got a telephone message to the effect that neither Krassin
nor Kameneff could see me to-day, as the political crisis had caused a
deluge of work.
Lloyd George at Lucerne had taken exception to the clause in the Russian
Peace Terms demanding that the Polish Civic Militia should be drawn from
the working classes. This they say is an infringement of the liberty of
Poland. Truth to tell, it is the Polish success over the Red Army that
has caused this diplomatic _volte-face_. However, that is too long to go
into here.
At dinner time Kameneff telephoned to me that he at last had time to
spare, and could he come and see me. I asked him to take pot-luck for
dinner, and he arrived, a battered and worn fighting man, full of
indignation, but still full of fight, and hope, and belief.
He stayed till 11, and said that he felt better. It was very still here,
and the peace did him good. There may be a “State of War” in a few days,
and as things now stand, they all depart on Friday. Great excitement, as
I shall go with them.