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

ing happened and Mr.. Gerard wrote
the following note to the chancel-
log:
Your Excellency--Three weeks
| ago L asked for an audience with his
majesty the kaiser
"A week ago repeated the re-
quest.
Please do not trouble yourself
further
Respectfully,
JAMES w. GERARD"
The ambassador called the embassy
messenger and sent the note to the
chancellor's palace. Three hours lat
er he was told that Won Bethmann-
Hoilweg had gone to great headuuart-
'-ers to arrange for the meeting.
Sometimes in dealing with the
! foreign office the ambassador used
the came roughsod methods which
made the big stick effective during
/. the Roosevelt administration. AT one
time Alexander Cochran. of New
York, acted as special courier from
. the embassy in London to Berlin At
the frontier he was arrested and i'm
/ prisoned. The AMBASSADOR heard of
It. went to the foreign Office and de-
randed sSochran's immediate release
The am bassadpr had obtained Mr.
Cochran's passports and showed them
10 he secretary OF state. when Herr
Won Jagow asked permission TO re-
tain one of-the passports so the mat
ter could be investigated. the ambas-
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IAN right. but first let me tear
fausingis signature of the bottom.
or sonic one may ne the passport for
osher purposes. -
The ambassador was not willing
70 take chances after Il was learned
and proved by the state department
that Germany was using American
PASSWORDS for spy purposes.
OFFICIAL tBtTIlETs DOUx"
FY THE SCORE
IN ore day alone. last fall, the
American embassy sent ninety-two
notes 10 the foreign office. some au-
tberzea i.y Washington and some I'M
authorized, protesting against unlaw-
y treatment OF Americans. asking
Tor reforms In prison camps trans
rTTTTT-T1Hg money ara Ietttrs Il bout Ger
~sH~ affairs in entente countries. and
other matters which were under dis
cuss on between Berlin and Washing
ten- At o3e time an American ws<
man instructor In Robert college was
~ t4H1 sAfl Ai W I'll EGBlGFffGS and Kept
for weeks frnm communicat ting with
tie ar8}assador When he heard of
il be- went to the foreign Office daily.
demanding her release. which he nm
ally secured
Hr Gerard's work IN lettering
conditions In prison camps, especial
" al buhleben. viii he long remem-
hered, When conditions were IT their
worst he went out daily to keep him
eelf informed and then daily went
TO the foreign Office or wrote TO the
re e astFy, nj war r iH an effort to get
nFty6r Hrrona m GdBriors for the men
One dav he discovered eleven promt-
aent English civilians former re-
spected residents in Berlin. living in
a box stall similar 10 one which hts
rtg9inE horse had occupied In peace
3irNeg This so aroused the amhassa-
doc fhat he volunteered to furnish
fluids FOR the construction OF new
barracks I'm case the governm ent was
nat willing to do it, But the foreign
Office ard the war ministry and other
officials shifted authority so often
that it was impossible TO get changes
made. The ambassador decided to
have his renorts published IN a drastic
EFFORT 10 gai's relief for the prisoners.
The state Cenartment granted the
tt1tfFSSAf y tAa&ttVNttf ana ms GEeFFtp-
tFens Or Euhleben were published In
the United states and England arous-
ting such world wide storm of indig-
nation that the German government
cfr9ge4,, the prison conditions and
made Ruhlehen III for men for the
first time since the beginning OF the
war.
This activity Of the ambassador
aroused a great deal of bitterness
and the government decided to try
TO Rave him recalled. The press CEN
sorshtp fnstigated various ncwspa pers
to attack The ambassador so that Ger
many might be justified In asking
for his recall, but the attack failed