The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-09

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matte relations with Germany have
Rsen expressed in one series of notes
AIter another. and the burden of at
xalrs has been as much on the should
YRS OF Am bassador Gerard as on those
qtany other one American n, for he has
peen the official who has had to trans
INIT interpret and fght for our poll
cies In Berlin. Mr.. Gerard had diff
ncut task because he Ike President
Wilson. was constantly heckled and
rfdiculed by those pro German Amer.
lrans who were more interested in
discredtting the administration than
IN maintaining psace. OF all the
problems with which the am bal sadcr
Ned to contend. the German Ameri-
can issue WAS the greatest and those
who believed that Il was centered in
srn fr~'t~a gates are mistaken for
The capital of German-America was
Berlin
81 have had Il great deal Of trouble
IN Germany from the American cor
respondents when they went there"
said Ambassador Gerard In an address
70 the American News r.apers Publish
ers association in New York on April
"a.
Most Of them became supcr-qu-
bssssadors and proceeded 10 inform
the German govern ment that they
must not believe me--that they must
not believe the nreSflent-thev mast
not believe the American raon'e~A-
but believe these people, ami 70
. great extent this war is due 10 the
fact that these pro-Gernau Aneri-
cnns. certain mum Der OF them. mis-
Informed the German government as
10 the sentiments If this country"
AN ANp SSsnOg
As A REPORTER
Jeenes w Gerards diploUat}c
career In Germany was based upon
eiuntness. fYankness and 81 kind az
~nfws instinct which causea him to
rewsrd hta nas1tion asa ''tqt of re-
porter for the United States govern
ngsnt
Berlin thnuehs hgvn tho most un-
usftal asahass1icr II had ever known.
II never kna~ how To +ate hi11 FIe
80 nor hehave as other Giolou>ats
: ffrg HtTryn rr w171r ~ ,77-'- 49--rr---r,--
.gir = eFes al&avs on husiness. re
az not slater ard ntefgo bow and
1T* or sraae ta evccifer -'ee in tAe
third person. as European Representa-
IFt E@uaSl', 10 Gerard Bee au at tho
&eeiU9'1e ef the war . policy a
kes~irw the Gfe3}oa states fullg ia-
TtF'FffAsl EPgATFfFFE fAA
u@1 to renort fajI~ the no'ittoo} de-
ve.hnrertS and the r~ees crFu'0e'7f.
Hst7 -he tea1 understanding which
he had az German methods vsss rrov.
ndsht his tna0r forecasts ~ syn uortent
>t'sSc'a -nrae"ts. Last sentep-her he
rrea'cted ~ "a ~ eesaen 20 tho state
I@ra ~ art ruthless sab marine war
FARE before srrtor unless reaea nas
mad Ne net cod Eras.h ~tnn lest
October ~ watch mr. gser~ean ~ieE~l-
sf,e- III Ft@vt'o and ~aea - }'t't@-s
we solved the rro"'sr7 there ne va lebt
hava trouble trrourhopt ise war
from Germans south Of the RIO
CYANIDE.
During the submarine eortrover-
ssar when reports reached HorIfn
fhst the United states Yves diE'3e~i
arsl would not sunao~f President
Wilson in his submarine psi'ry, Anu
lsafasa dor Gerard d'd evervt htn~ he
could 10 give the ornos'te fpa nreS-
sion. He tried his hest ~ keen Ger
many from driving tho TE~itef states
info the war That re ~ not SIC
ceed was not the fault OF his Efforts
Gerrna nv WIS desperate ara willing 70
disregard all nations ard all Inter-
national obligations in an attempt to
win the war with r7-hcats.
N Last summer during ore ~ the
crises over the sinking Of a PASSENGER j
liver without wN-ninc. MFR. Gerard
asked the chancellor for an audience
with the kaiser. Won Rethraann- /
Hcilweg said he Would see y 1t could /
be arranged. The ambassador wa It |
ID two weeRs, Nothing WAS done /
From his friends in Berlin he Learns |
"a that the navy was opposed to such |
4 conference and would not give It's I
<xyNsert Mr. Ar1rd want IN
vnn Jagow, who was then secretary Of /
STATE. and again asked for an audi |
<nce. He waited another week. Moth !