The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-09-29
BY JAMES w. GERARD


u1peril Court, July %, 1918,
49,. to February 4, 1917.
opyffght. Canada, 1917. ~ the Pub.
lie Ledger Company. international
Copyright. 1917. by the Public Led
94r Company All rights reserved.
Any infrfngerent will be prose
cutsd.
XIV
Summons From thinner
mann and Americas Break
Ing Of Relations.
l1ot only had 7 oaeied the informa
= collected ny com mander Ghersrd'
70 the orders given to submarines
= before thA date Of the pr'est-
hts speech. hut on the night AFTER
he'd received the German note an
auncffir this resuynp tior ! was tax
Pa walk after dinner ABOUT the
Oyv-cuverNd streets of Berlin In the
Ourue Of this walk met youna
herman woman OF nv acquaintance
rho was on intimate terms with the
scwn princess. she WAS on her way
ii foot from the opera house. where
NJ had been with the crown princess
the underground station. for nv
hIe time, OF course. taxis had b@cor1e
a unknown luxury in Berlin. and
otnsd her.
told her of the ulttmatmn which
had received At 8 o'clock that even
nc from Zimmerman and that
kes sure It meant the breaking ~
f3lomatic relations and our departure
ON Germany.
She expressed great surprise that
uhmArine warfare was get 70 com
Renee on the thirty first Of January
Ayfnx that weeks before they had
cen talking over the matter at the
rown princess and that she had
GARD then that orders had been given
commences or the fifteenth
TAT any event, II ia certain that the
6ers to the subns rine commanders
I'D been given long prior 70 the
htrtS-frst and probably a. early ss
be hfteerth.
7 sincerely believe that the only
btect Of the Germans in making these
saee offers was rrst tn get the allies
possinle into conference, and there
b detaeh some or one Of them hy the
Ter of separate terms II this scheme
allied. then IL was believed that the
|enerai offer and talk about peace
puid create a sentiment SO favorahls
the Germans that without fear
action Nv the United states they
ikht resume ruthless Suhmarine
Arfare against England
A week or two before the thirty
fst Of Januarv Doctor Soif asked
q whether 7 did not think II would
pnssihle for the United States 70
init the rerurn ntion IF ruthless sur
arfNe warfare against England He
4fd that three months time was all
IT would he required 70 bring Eng
"A 10 her knees ard END the war.
And in fact So cleVerly lid Won
Hrpftx Grand Admiral Won Meuster
q Conservatives and the enemies ot
= chancellor and other advocates OF
nmariDe war carry on thsor rrops
nAa that the belief was inEra in@d
the whole OF the German nation
AZ q resumption Of this ruthless war
suid lead within three months TO
HAT all Germans 80 sr9entlv desired
kmely. peace
L. waH Impossible for any govern
ent TO resis. the popular demand for
q use 81 this Illegal means Of war
~ because army and navy people
pre con WINGED that ruthless sub
lrfrte war spelled success and a
nrfoux peace.
Nv German pea ce. peace a.
lined to me by the chancellor. a
hrs Impossible for the allies and
N the world 10 accept; a peace
hich would leave Germany i'm
an0eiy powerful and ready imrnedi-
~ AfteP the war to take up cam
3gn against the nations 81 the wes-
m Hemisphere: a peaee which would
&dpel every nation. 50 long as Ger
~ -antocs acy remained In the sad
:. % devote its best energies. the
Bst fruitful period OF eac en- mans life,
preparations for war
received on January 80 definite
timASion Of the coming ultimaturn
next day: Judging that the hint
cant the resumption of ruthless sub
aPin4 war. teleEraphed a warn :
\ 10 the American nl bassadors and
Ntst<ra, AZ well as TO the state de-
xtment
On January 81 at about I o'clock IN
h1 Afternoon. received from Zin-
asmanna short letter. ot which the
llUwfng II a cory;
NJ SUMMONS
NOM N1AfFRNANN
J. Tho secretary % state ~ the
1Urefgn once Zimmerman. re-
nuegts the honor OF the visit Of his
oxcNifency. the amha ssador ~ the
United States OF America. this AZ
ternoon NJ 8 o'clock In the foreign
otlicN. with elmstrasse 75--A7s Rer-
Nm. the 3lst January. 1917
Pursuant to the letter 7 went to the
eeian once At o'clock. thinner
mn then read to me In German a
BIZ from the imperial government
6nouncink the creating OF the war
nee about Great Britain and France.
the commencement o. ruthless
bmaTine warfare at - P. NJ. that
mt
4 made no comment put the note in
y pocket and went back to the
nAassy. IT was then about 7 p. NJ.
~, Of course. the note was I'M
hodiately translated and dispatched
With all speed to America
Altar the dispatch Of the note
AaA An interview with the chancellor
n which, N ! have stated above he
|riticfxed both the peace not Of Decem-
Ar IL - not being Definite enough,
N the speech to the senate of jan
Try 20: further, he said that he be-
tWod the situation had CHANGED
III, in spite Of what President Will
~ had aid in the note before the
#oaAx settlement, the president was
--for p~Aee:. that he had been
Af&Ad on q peace platform. and that
9hinr would happen.
@auamermann Mt the time he de-
"a the note told me that this
arine warfare was a necessity
Germany and that Germany could
4 hold out year on the question