Chapter I: Front Matter

ALL IN A LIFE-TIME

ALL IN A LIFE-TIME

BY
HENRY MORGENTHAU

IN COLLABORATION WITH
FRENCH STROTHER

ILLUSTRATIONS
FROM
PHOTOGRAPHS

GARDEN CITY NEW YORK
DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY
1922

COPYRIGHT, 1921, 1922, BY

DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, INCLUDING THAT OF TRANSLATION
INTO FOREIGN LANGUAGES, INCLUDING THE SCANDINAVIAN

PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES
AT
THE COUNTRY LIFE PRESS, GARDEN CITY, N. Y.

_First Edition_

TO

MY DEVOTED COMPANION

MY WIFE

WHO ORIGINATED SOME,
AND STIMULATED ALL,
OF MY BEST ENDEAVOURS

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. NEW WORLDS FOR OLD 1

II. SCHOOL DAYS 7

III. APPRENTICED TO THE LAW 18

IV. REAL ESTATE 39

V. FINANCE 63

VI. SOCIAL SERVICE 94

VII. EARLY POLITICAL EXPERIENCES 109

VIII. MY ENTRANCE INTO NATIONAL POLITICS 128

IX. THE CAMPAIGN OF 1912 150

X. THE SOCIAL SIDE OF CONSTANTINOPLE 174

XI. MY TRIP TO THE HOLY LAND 211

XII. THE CAMPAIGN OF 1916 234

XIII. MY MEETINGS WITH JOFFRE, HAIG, CURRIE, AND PERSHING 249

XIV. JOHN PURROY MITCHEL 278

XV. A HECTIC FORTNIGHT--AND OTHERS 287

XVI. THE INTERNATIONAL RED CROSS 310

XVII. THE PEACE CONFERENCE 322

XVIII. MY MISSION TO POLAND 348

XIX. ZIONISM A SURRENDER, NOT A SOLUTION 385