Barnes writes that he went to hear BR speak on Monday, 7 April. Barnes made notes of the lecture, "Causes of Modern War", 2 typed pages (attached)."I was even more charmed by the patience and gentlemanly qualities with which you handled the piffle that was offered as 'questions' and 'discussions' by the audience."

The next day he read in the newspaper, The Public Ledger, Philadelphia, that BR had given an interview at the Art Alliance. [No mention of BR was found in a repeated scrutiny of the Public Ledger, 8-10 April 1924, the microfilm being borrowed from the Library of Congress.]