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Young Bullitt bitterly swallowed his pride until May when he impulsively resigned from the U. S. Peace Commission after President Wilson refused to give him an audience. An admirer of Lenin, he predicted that the Reds would oversweep all Europe. He denounced the Versailles Treaty as a breeder of war hates, flayed the Polish Corridor settlement, warned of an early end to Reparations. Said Bill Bullitt: "I am going to the Riviera, lie on the sand, kick my heels in the air and let the world go to hell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOREIGN SERVICE: Second Blooming | 5/1/1933 | See Source »

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