human
I represent an investment syndicate, said Cantor to Potter, presently.
gpt
They have sent me over to study the situation here, particularly the automobile industry. I seem to have come to the place to do that thoroughly,
human
Detroit suffers with the automobile-manufacturing habit. There's no cure,
gpt
What a fascinating location your city has, Mr. Waite! said Cantor.
human
I call to mind no other great city situated directly upon an international boundary-line. You sit in your offices and look into foreign territory--but I presume you are so accustomed to it that you seldom give it a thought.
gpt
Somehow, said Potter,
human
No, said Cantor,
gpt
It might. These are puzzling days, Mr. Cantor. I confess I am bewildered by them. Impossible events happen with startling ease, and inevitable consequences fail to follow amazingly. Yes, I can imagine trouble coming with Great Britain, but somehow it does seem unlikely as long as Germany lays a murder on every mail-bag England plays. You aren't especially apt to bother with a man who jostles you in a crowd if there is another man trying to hit you with an ax.
human
I get your point of view, he said.
gpt
I wonder how many people share it.
human
I've given up guessing what the people think.
gpt
It wouldn't surprise me to see your public opinion veering to favor Germany.
human
Some of our public opinion does favor it. Our German-Americans and such like.
gpt
A good many of them--millions I understand.
human
Yes.
gpt
Perhaps capable of influencing a majority?
human
I don't know, said Potter, and nodded his head, not exactly with satisfaction, but as a man does who fancies he has made a point in an argument.
gpt
German public opinion here seems to be organized,
human
The German government is efficient. If it has felt the need of fostering your favorable opinion, I think we may say it has taken steps to foster it.