Arizona republican., 1917-08-18

it? Prisoners do not sign treaties and treaties signed by them would not be worth anything" I added: After your threat to keep Americans here and after reading this document, even if 1 had authority to sign it, I would stay here until hell freezes over before l would put my name to such a paper"
 Montgelas seemed rather rattled and in his confusion left the paper with me-something, 1 am sure, he did not intend to do in case of a refusal.
 Montgelas was an extremely agree able man, and I think at all times he had correctly predicted the attitude of America and had expressed himself against acts of frightfulness such as the torpedoing of the Lusitania and the resumption of ruthless submarine war. 1 am sure that gentleman like Montgelas undertook to carry out his orders in the matter of getting me to sign this treaty with great reluctance.
 I must cheerfully certify that even the most pro-German American cor respondents in Berlin, when I told the correspondents of Montgelas' threat, showed the same fine spirit as their colleagues. All begged me not to con- slider them or their liberty where the interests of America were involved. Mir. Gerard's Communications Cut Off
 As soon as diplomatic relations were broken, and I broke them formally not only in my conversation with Zimmer- r. mann of Monday morning, but by sending over a formal written request for my passports on the evening of that day, our telegraph privileges were cut off.
 I was not even allowed to send tele- grams to the American consuls throughout Germany, giving them their instructions.
 Mail also was cut off and the tele- phone My servants were not even per mitted to go to the nearby hotel to telephone.
 In the meantime we completed our preparations for departure. We ar ranged to turn over American inter- ests and the interests of Rumania and Serbia and Japan to the Spanish en- bassy and the interests of Great Brit ain to the Dutch. l believe that Am bassador Polo de Bernabe will faith fully protect the interests of America and I believe that Baron Gevers will fearlessly fight the cause of the Brit ish prisoners. We sold our automo- piles, and two beautiful prize winning saddle horses, one from Kentucky and oiy1ia I brought with me from America, went on the stage i. e., I sold them to the pro- prietor of the circus in Berlin.
 The three tons of food which we had brought with us from America we gave to our colleagues in the diplo- matic corps, the Spaniards, Greeks, Dutch and Central and South Ameri- cans. I had many friends among the diplomats of the two Americas, who were all men of great ability and po- sition in their own country. I think that most of them know only too well the designs against Central and South America cherished by the Pan-Ger- mans
 Finally, I think oli the morning of Friday. Oscar King Davis, corresponds
 
 ent of the New York Times, received a wireless from MT. Van Anda, editor of the New York Times, telling him that Bernstorff and his staff were be- ing treated with every courtesy ana that the German ships had not been confiscated. In the evening our tele- phone was reconnected and we were al lowed to receive some te1egrams and to send throughout Germany open te'egrams to the consuls, etc, and we were notified that we would probably be allowed to leave the next day in the evening.
 The Farewell in Berlin
 Always followed by spies, l paid as many farewell visits to my diplomatic colleagues as I was aoie to see and on Saturday I thought. in spite of the IT. diculous treatment accorded us in cut