Arizona republican., 1917-08-09

military reasons the German admiralty | is opposed 10 it's taking place Director Kriege told Mr Jackson ! that written communication in which i the substance of the foregoing would ! be contained would soon be made to the embassy. Mir. Jackson put this conversation ! down in the form given and showed l Director Kriege a copy of it. Later 1 in the day Geheimrat Simon called on MT. Jackson at the embassy and said 1 that Doctor Kriege would like to have point two read as follows: Tn case , through any unfortunate mistake q neutral ship etc, and that Doctor Kriege would like to change what was written on point three beginning with Where there is" and continuing to the end so that it should read:
 Where there is any material diverg- ence in the two reports as to the presumed cause Of destruct on (torpedo or mine), the German gove. e.nment has falready in several instances declared it's readiness to submit the question to the decision of an international commission, in accordance with The i Hague convention for the friendly set tlement Of international disputes
 Geheimrat Simon said that this had been suggested by Director Kriege in case it should be decided to make a communication to the American press. MT. Jackson told Geheimrat Si- mon that he would report the sub | ject of his conversation to me, but that it would depend upon me whether any communication should be made to tine American government or to the press upon the subject
 Of course, the news of the torpedo ing of the Lusitania on May and of the great loss of American lives brought about a very critical situation, and naturally nothing was done with Kriege's propositions.
 It is unnecessary here for me to go into the notes which were exchanged between the two governments, because all that is already public property
 Some time after 1 had delivered our first Lusitania note of May Il, 1915, Zimmerman was lunching with us A good looking American woman married to German was also of the party, and after lunch, although I was talking to some one else, 1 overheard part of her conversation with Zimmerman.
 When Zimmerman left I asked her what it was that he had said about America, Germany, MI. Bryan and the Lusitania. She then told me that sho had said to Zimmerman that it was a great pity that We were to leave Der lin, as it looked as if diplomatic reia- ltions between the two countries would be broken and that Zimmerman told her not to worry about that, because they had just received word from the Austrian government that Doctor Dumba, the Austrian ambassador in Washington, had cabled that the Lusi- tania note from America to Germany was only sent as a sop to public opin- ion in America and that the government did not really mean what was said in that note.
 I then called on Zimmerman at the foreign office, and he showed me Dum- ba's cablegram, which was substan- tially as stated above.
 Of course, l immediately cabled to the state department, and also got word to President Wilson The rest of the incident is public property. l, of course, did not know what actually occurred between Mir. Bryan and Doc tor Dumba, but am sure that Doctor Dumba must have misunderstood any friendly statements made by MT Bryan.
 It was very lucky that I discovered the existence of this Dumba cablegram in this manner which sayors almost of diplomacy as represented on the stage If the Germans had gone or in the belief that the Lusitania note was not really meant, war would have inevitably resulted at that time be. tween Germany and America, aud i shows how great events may be shape, by heavy luncheons and a pretty woman.
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