The Washington times., 1917-09-18
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garian noble families speak English
perfectly and model their clothes,
sports and country life as far as pos
/ sible after the English.
The thirteenth saw the departure
Of our first special train containing
Americans bound fer Holland. l saw
the Americans on at the Charlotten-
burg station. They all departed in
great spirits and very glad Of an op-
portunity to leave Germany.
l had some negotiations about the
purchase by America or Americans ot
the ships OF the North German Lloyd
but nothing came OF these negotia-
tions.
Trainloads Of Americans continued
TO leave, but there seemed to be no
end to the Americans coming into
Berlin from all directions.
On August 20 Count Szoegyeny, the
Austrian ambassador. left Berlin.
He had been ambassador there for
twenty-five years, and ] suppose be-
cause of his advancing years the Aus
trian government thought that he had
outlived his usefulness. quite
crowd of Germans and diplomats we're
at the station to witness the rather
sad farewell. His successor was
Prince Hohenlohe, married to a
daughter OF Archduke Frederick. She
expressly waived her right to prece-
dence as p royal highness and
agreed to take only the precedence
given to her as the wife OF the am
bassadoS in order not TO cause feeling
IN Berlin. Prince Hohenlohe, a rather
easy-going man, who had been most
popular in Russia and Austria, imme-
diately made a favorable impression
in Berlin and successfully occupied
the difficult position OF mediating be-
tween the governments of Berlin and
Vienna.
HOIIweE's Attack on England.
The chancellor gave me on Septem-
Der statement to give to the re-
porters in which he attacked Eng
land, asserting that England did not
desire the friendship OF Germany, but
was moved by commercial jealousy
and a desire TO crush her: that the eff
forts made for peace had failed be-
cause Russia, under all circum-
stances, was resolved upon war; that
Germany had entered Belgium in or
der to foTestall the planned French
advance. He also declared that Eng
land. regardless OF consequences to
the white race, had melted Japan to a
pillaging expedition. and said that
Belgian girls and women had gouged
out the eyes OF the wounded. that Of
ficers had been invited to dinner and
shot across the table. and that Bel
gian women had cut the throats Of
soldiers quartered in their houses
while they were asleep. The chan
cellor concluded by saying, in this
statement. that everyone knows that
the German people are incapable or
unnecessary cruelty or OF any bru-
tality.
We were fully occupied with taking
care Of the English prisoners and
interests of Americans, and with ne
gotiations relating TO commercial
questions and to getting goods re-
quired in the United States out of
Germany, when, on October Z, a most
unpleasant incident. and one which
for some time caused the members OF
our embassy to feel rather bitterly
toward the German foreign office.
took place.
A great number OF British civilians.
men and women, were stranded in
Berlin. To many OF these were paid
sums of money in the form of small
dl4O" "dnCeS On DendlI OF the British
government. In order to facilitate
this work we placed the clerks en-
ployed in this distribution in the
building formerly occupied by the
British consul in Berlin.
Opened Up Relief Station.
OF course, the great crowds of
Americans resorting to our embassy.
when combined with the crowds OF
British, made il almost impossible TO
enter even the embassy, and establish
ment OF this outlying relief station
materially helped this situation.
occupied it and employed English
men and women in this relief work
by the express permission Of the i'm
perial foreign office, which I thought
Il wise TO obtain. in view OF the fact
that the Germans seemed daily to be
come more irritable and suspicious,
especially after the battle OF the
Narne.
on the night OF October = our sec
ond secretary, Harvey, went TO this