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ment, and what is called in German
"Reichsmarineamt" The colonel met
the chancellor, Van Jagov, thinner
mann. and many others
There are two other heads OF de-
partments CONNECTED with the navy
OF equal rank with the Secretary Of
the Navy Department and not report
! ing to him. These are the heads OF
the naval stan and the head of what
is known as the marine cabinet"
The head of the naval stan is sup
posed to direct the actual operations
of warfare in the navy and the head
of the marine cabinet is charged with
the personnel Of the navy. with deter
mining what officers are to be pro-
NOTED and what officers are to take
over what ships or commands.
While Won Tirpitz was secretary OF
the navy, by the force OF his person
Slity he dominated the two other de-
partments, but since his fall the
heads OF these two other depart
ments have held positions as i'm
portant as that of Secretary OF the
Navy, II not more important.
On May 81 we took Colonel and
Mrs. House to the aviation field at
JoachimsthaL Here the Dutch avn
ator Fokker was flying, and after
being introduced to us he did some
stunts for our benefit. Fokker was
employed by the German army and
later became a naturalized German.
The machines designed by him and
named after him for a long time held
the mastery of the air on the west
front.
The advice of Colonel House. q
most wise adm prudent counselor,
was at all times OF greatest value
to me during my stay in Berlin. We
exchanged letters weekly, l sending
him a weekly bulletin Of the situa-
tion in Berlin and much news and
gossip too personal or too indefinite
to be placed in official reports
War with Germany seemed a thing
not to be even considered when in
this month of May, 1914. / called
on the foreign office by direction to
thank the Imperial government for
the aid given the Americans at Tam
pico by German ships of war.
Early in February Mr.. S. Berg
mann, a German who had made a
fortune in America and who had re-
turned to Germany to take up again
his German citizenship, invited me
to go over the great electrical works
which he had established. Prince
Henry of Prussia, the brother to the
Emperor, was the only other guest,
and together we inspected the vast
works, afterward having lunch in
Mr.. Bergmann's office
interested In America.
Prince Henry haF always been in
terested in America since his visit
here. On that visit he spent most
of his time with German societies and |
the like. OF course, now we know |
object of welding together the Ger. |
mans in America and keeping up
their interest in the Fatherland. He
made . similar trip TO the Argentine |
just before the great war with a |
similar purpose, but l understand his
excursion was not considered a great
success from any standpoint. A man
of afable manners, no one is better
qualified to go abroad as a German
propaganda than he. II all Ger
mans he'd been like him there would
have been no world war in 1914.
On March IS we were invited TO a
fancy dress ball at the palace Of the
Crown Prince. The guests were
mostly young people and officers
The Crown Princess wore a beautiful
Russian dress with its characteristic
high frontpiece on the head. The
Crown Prince and all the officers
present were in the picturesque uni
forms OF their respective regiments
Of period of 100 years ago. Prince
Oscar, the fifth son OF the Kaiser
looked particularly well.
The hours for balls in Berlin.