Americans were surprised to find how completely it was overlooked in the contemporaneous European discussion--how general was the sympathy with the Spanish request for arbitration, and how naïf the apparently genuine surprise at the instant and unqualified refusal to consider it.
Reid reflects on the American surprise at European sympathy for Spain's request for arbitration during a conflict.
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