The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-15

tlments. BRAND WHITLOCK."
My own position was intolerable and
beyond definition. One day the papal
nuncio came to call on me and, sitting
there In his black ana violet, with the
yaguest OF notions Of how the whole
matter stood, ne said:
"Vous restez done conme-chose?'
lYou are staying after all as-some-
thing or other?)
Yes" l replied, las something or
other" II was the most accurate cnar-
aeterlsation OF my status that could
have been devised.
Laughs at Germans.
The town was laughing just then, as
only Brussels could laugh at German
clumsiness. at the exposure. In America
Of Zimmermann's plot In Mexico, with
its astounding proposal by which,
with that generosity It has always
ritories. OF other nations, the empire
had offered to Mexico the states Of
Texas, Arizona and New Mexico II she
would go to war with America. Nothing
In the whole course OF the war had
more accurately revealed the German
mentality, and at the political depart
ment there was real chagrin, II not at
the miserable trick, at least At the
disclosure OF 1t, and Villalobar, Joking
them there about It,, said
"Quand on vent falre ces choses-la. II
faut SAVIOR les faire.' (When one
wants to do things like that, one must
know how to do them.) But TO us who
knew America 1t was no laughing mat
ter the news reached us just as we
were waiting for the presidents second
inaugural and as we were beginning
to hear rumors OF an extraordinary
session OF congress, and we could i'm
agine how the Zimmerman revocation
N~nttl1 anf On DufiAna1 fnaltnn ~ pV,nl
a time.
The German newspapers were splut-
tering with splenetio rag over the ex-
posure of the plot, and with that pc
culiarly immature mentality and lack
Of sense of fair play which character
lied them, were complaining of the
president saying that it was unfair
Of him to expose Zimmerman, and we
felt the reaction Of all this public feel
ing.
| was then more tnan ever anxious
to get the c, r. b. men out of Bel
gium, where my long residence under
German rule had taught me what they
might expect when war should come.
l had constant visions of their being
deported to Ruhlebeh or some such
place.
For then Kellogg had come again to
Brussels, from Harwich to the Hook
of Holland, and in Il dispatch boat,
conveyed by ~destroyers. and he brought
news that, because of the Zimmerman
note, war was inevitable, and It would
come within a fortnight. In the many
conferences that followed / urged again
and again the one possible solution
which under the circumstances would
insure the continuance of the relief
work--the replacement Of the .Ameri-
can delegates. by Dutchmen and Span
tards, and at last the plan was In
dorsed by MIR. Hoover and assented to
by all.
The agreement came when we were
almost in despair. The Germans had
not yet given the promised guarantees
for the immunity Of the men OF the
{, r, b.. and were threatening to hold
Baden Baden, or somewhere in Ger
many, and Kellogg hurried out through
the closed frontier with our plan. and
Gregory arranged to substitute the new
delegates as soon as they .catne in,
Even then there were more difficulties
concern us directly, did affect us seri
ously. The proportion of Spanlards Il
Dutch was OF long discussion and Kel.
losg stopped In Holland until this prob
lem could be solved.
had little notion OF what interest
untll day DR., Reith sent me Il
ask that In view OF the alarming state.
ments that were being published / give
a statement to be telegraphed to Amer.
lean newspapers testifying that the
Germans had done nothing lnimical tc
the interests OF the G, r. b. men ant
their work.
l replied that It would be tim,
enough TO give such q statement wher
we had the promised assurances, ant
we got them then In writing, but the,
provided that the men of the c, r. b
| llNN.lA Ia hnlA Ia my.anaaR4a. H.. EA-.
situation In Its then unsettled stat,
seemed likely to endure that long
Gregory and asked the Germahi
TO let the men pass through thi
period Of moral publication In Brus
bled waiting anxiously from day I,
day I'm news as to their fate
we pointed out that In all civilixe,
countries some allowance was made
even In the case Of criminals, for tn
period they had passed in Jail await
Ing decision, and Lancken agreed tina
this be done. in the case OF the dele
gates In Belgium at least, and a FEY
days later we induced them to reduc
by a fortnight the duration OF the quar-
Then I found that / had anothe
ing out OF the situation pf the Chinese
: depicted for me by Tchao ltao, tn
! Chinese charge, and Shu T8A. the sec
Rotary OF the legation, who came or
day for advice, The rupture in thei
diplomatic relations with Germany we
) Imminent, and their minister, when h
! went away in the summer had lett
, little son behind, q boy of g., They ha
: asked for passports for the boy to <
with his tutor to Join his father !
: Switzerland; the passports had bee
given and then suddenly withdraw
; : and q passport was given only tor u