Frederick Fox, item 3

• November 16, 2017 15:57:46 Thomas A. Lingner

  3

   written in top margin 

  I want a copy of these & the

  Pencil Makes the best copy 

  
  

  These will be very usefull  useful  to Russia once the  they  reach

  here. Last week I saw the wing of an aeroplane

  (a new one) going down Darby St a small matter

  but an indication of how the wind blows.

  England's weakness & (her Allies also.) has been her

  lack of preparations. Germany's strength her complete

  preparedness for a war which she thought inevitable

  & which she undertook at a time she considered

  most favourable to herself & for which she had

  organized all her resources in a most systematic

  & businesslike manner. Still I believe that she

  received a check which will eventually prove fatal

  when she had to turn back from Paris to her

  present position.

  There are a great number of apparent failures on

  our own side which I believe have tended to prolong

  the struggle & which will doubtless form the subject

  of an enquiry at a later date with the inevitable

  result viz. a serious effort on the part of those concerned

  to shift the responsibility on other shoulders & to

  whitewash those who if justice was done only

  deserve punishment.

  When one considers that a vast number of permanent

  officials have for years been drawing big salaries

  for purely nominal services it does not seem unreasonable

  to have expected that they would have formulated

  plans & projects for mobilizing the resources of this

  country & our allies in the shortest time possible

  to enable us to carry on this war (which for years

  has been expected) with the least possible

   

   

   

• November 8, 2017 17:24:43 Thomas A. Lingner

  I want a copy of these & the

  Pencil Makes the best copy 

  These will be very usefull to Russia once the reach

  here Last week I saw the Wing of an Aeroplane

  (a new one) going down Darby  St a small matter

  but an indication of how the wind blows.

  Englands weakness & (her Allies also.) has been her

  lack of preparations. Germanys strength her complete

  preparedness for a war which she thought inevitable

  & which she undertook at a time she considered

  most favourable to herself & for which she had

  organized all her resources in a most systematic

  & businesslike manner. Still I believe that she

  received a check which will eventually prove fatal

  when she had to turn back from Paris to her

  present position.

  There are a great number of apparent failures on

  our own side which I believe have tended to prolong

  the struggle & which will doubtless form the subject

  of an enquiry at a later date with the inevitable

  result being a serious effort on the part of those concerned

  to shift the responsibility on these other shoulders & to

  whitewash those who if justice was done only

  deserve punishment.

  When one considers that a vast number of permanent

  officials have for years been drawing big salaries

  for purely nominal services it does not seem unreasonable

  to have expected that they would have formulated

  Plans & projects for mobilizing the resources of this

  country & our allies in the shortest time possible

  to enable us to carry on this war (which for years

  has been expected) with the least possible

   

   

   

  
  

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• November 8, 2017 17:08:30 Thomas A. Lingner

  I want a copy of these & the

  Pencil Makes the best copy 

  These will be very usefull to Russia once the reach

  here Last week I saw the Wing of an Aeroplane

  (a new one) going down Darby  St a small matter

  but an indication of how the wind blows.

  Englands weakness & (her Allies also.) has been her

  lack of preparations. Germanys strength her complete

  preparedness for a war which she thought inevitable

  & which she undertook at a time she considered

  most favourable to herself & for which she had

  organized all her resources in a most systematic

  & businesslike manner. Still I believe that she

  received a check which will eventually prove fatal

  when she had to turn back from Paris to her

  present position.

  There are a great number of apparent failures on

  our own side which I believe have tended to prolong

  the struggle & which will doubtless form the subject

  of an enquiry at a later date with the inevitable

  result being a serious effort on the part of those concerned

  to shift the responsibility on these other shoulders & 20

  whitewash those who if pushed was done only

  deserve punishment.

  When one considers that a vast number of government

  officials have for years been drawing by salaries

  for fairly nominal services it does not seem unreasonable

  to have expected that they would have formulated

  Plans & projects for mobilizing the resources of this

  country & our allies in the shortest time possible

  to enable us to carry on this war (which for years

  has been expected) with the least possible

   

   

   

  
  

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• January 19, 2017 23:36:29 Sue Bryant

  I want a copy of these & the

  Pence Makes the best copy 

  These will be very usefull to Russia once the reach

  here Last week I saw the Wing of an Aeroplane

  (a new one) going down Darby  St a small [mallir?]

  but an indication of how the wind blows.

  Englands weakness & (her Allies also.) has been her

  lack of preparations. Germanys strength here complete

  preparedness for a war which she thought inevitable

  & which she undertook at a time she considered

  most favourable to herself & for which she had

  organized all her resources in a most systemic

  & businesslike manner. Still I believe that she

  received a cheek which will eventually prove fatal

  when she had to turn back from Paris to her

  present position

  There are a great number of apparent failures on

  our own side which I believe have tended to prolong

  the struggle & which were doubtless from the subject

  of an enquiry at a Calin dail with the inevitable

  result try a serious effort in the apart of those concerned

  to shift the responsibility on these other shoulders & 20

  whitewash those who if pushed was done only

  deserve punishment.

  When one considers that a vast number of government

  officials have for years been drawing by salaries

  for fairly nominal services it does not seem unreasonable

  to have expected that they would have formulated

  Plans & projects for mobilizing the resources of this

  country & our allies in the shortest time possible

  to enable us to carry on this war (which for years

  has been expected) with the least possible

   

   

   

  
  

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