The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-09-26

other colleagues, of course. hoping
that what | said would directly or in
directly reach the ears of the German
foreign office. Whether it did l do
not know, but the Sussex note when
received did not contain any eXcep-
ton with reference to armed mer-
With t4le reteipt of the Presidents
note and the presidents answer there
to. which declined assent to the claim
of Germany to define it's attitude to-
ward our rights. in accordance with
what we might do in regard 10 the
enforcement of them against Eng
land. the submarine question seemed
at least for the moment settled, /.
how ever. Immediately warned the de-
partnent that I believed that the rul-
ers of Germany would at some future
date, forced by public opinion and by
the Conservative and Won Tirpitz par
ties take up ruthless submarine war
again possibly in the autumn, but at
any rate. about February or March,
1917.
AMB tSSADOR. GER ARD RESOLVES
TO VISIT AMERICA
In my last conversation with the
chancellor before leaving the great
general headquarters, and when he
referred TO the cruiser warfare of the
submarines, he also said. II hope
now. Il We settle this matter. that
your president VIII be great enough
To- take UP the question of peace"
1t was as result OF intimations from
government circles after my return to
Berlin that | gave an interview to a
represe ntatiVe of Munich newspa-
per. expressing my faith In the COM
ing OF peace although l was careful
TO say that it might be matter OF
months or even years.
Thereafter on many occasions the
chancellor impressed upon ME the
fact that America must do something
toward arranging a peace. and. If
nothing was done to this end, that
undoubtedly public opinion in Ger
MANY would force the resumption of
ruthless submarine war.
In September of 1915, having
mentioned that hrs. Gerard.was GO
ing TO the United States ona short
visit, Won Jagow insistently urged me
also to 60 In order to make every eff
fort TO induce the president to do
something toward peace, AS q result
of his urging and as a result of my
own desire to make the situation clear
In America, ! sailed from Copenhagen
on the 2Sth OF September with Mrs.
Gerard, on the Danish ship. Fred
eriel- VIII bound for New York. I
had spent almost three years in Ber-
ling, having been absent during that
time from the city only Ave or six
DAYS at kiel and two week ENDS In
Silesia in 1914, with two weeks at
Munich in the autumn, two days at
Munich and two days at Parten kirch-
en- in 1916, and two week-ends at Her.
ingsdorf In the summer of the same
year, with visits to British prison
camps scattered through the two and
half years of war.
On the Frederick VIII were Messrs.
Herbert Swope. OF the New York
World, and William c. Bullitt, of the
Philadelphia Public Ledger, who had
been spending some time in Germany.
impressed upon each of these gen.
tlemen M fixed belief that Germany
intended shortly. unless some definite
move was made toward peace. to COM
mence ruthless submarine war and
they made this view clear in the arti-
Giles ,yhich they wrote for their re-
spective newspapers.
Mr.. Swope's articles, which appeared
In the New York World. were iname-
diately republished by him In a book
called INSIDE the German Empire"
In Mr.. Swope's book. page ga, he
says; .-,z..--...
1 The camp&ign for the ruthless
C-ooat warfare is regarded by