When he met with Marshal Philippe Pétain and Clemenceau, both of them said to him that 'The United States is preparing to attack Japan', which, upon his return to Japan, he related this opinion of inevitable war between Japan and the United States to those in all quarters, where nobody except Kinmochi SAIONJI gave careful attention to it.
フィリップ・ペタン元帥やクレマンソーと会見した時に、両人より「アメリカが日本を撃つ用意をしている」との忠言を受け、帰国後、各方面に日米戦争不可避論を説いて回ったが、西園寺公望以外は誰も耳を傾ける者はいなかった。