CONTENTS
FOREWORD.
I MY FIRST YEAR IN GERMANY.
II POLITICAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL.
III DIPLOMATIC WORK OF FIRST WINTER IN BERLIN.
IV MILITARISM IN GERMANY AND THE ZABERN AFFAIR.
V PSYCHOLOGY AND CAUSES WHICH PREPARED THE NATION FOR WAR.
VI AT KIEL JUST BEFORE THE WAR.
VII THE SYSTEM.
VIII THE DAYS BEFORE THE WAR.
IX THE AMERICANS AT THE OUTBREAK OF HOSTILITIES.
X PRISONERS OF WAR.
XI FIRST DAYS OF THE WAR: POLITICAL AND DIPLOMATIC.
XII DIPLOMATIC NEGOTIATIONS.
XIII MAINLY COMMERCIAL.
XIV WORK FOR THE GERMANS.
XV WAR CHARITIES.
XVI HATE.
XVII DIPLOMATIC NEGOTIATIONS. (Continued).
XVIII LIBERALS AND REASONABLE MEN.
XIX THE GERMAN PEOPLE IN WAR.
XX LAST.
CHAPTER I
MY FIRST YEAR IN GERMANY
The second day out on the _Imperator_, headed for a summer's
vacation, a loud knocking woke me at seven A. M. The radio, handed
in from a friend in New York, told me of my appointment as Ambassador
to Germany.
Many friends were on the ship. Henry Morgenthau, later Ambassador
to Turkey, Colonel George Harvey, Adolph Ochs and Louis Wiley
of the _New_York_Times_, Clarence Mackay, and others.
The _Imperator_ is a marvellous ship of fifty-four thousand
tons or more, and at times it is hard to believe that one is
on the sea. In addition to the regular dining saloon, there is
a grill room and Ritz restaurant with its palm garden, and, of
course, an Hungarian Band. There are also a gymnasium and swimming
pool, and, nightly, in the enormous ballroom dances are given,
the women dressing in their best just as they do on shore.
Colonel Harvey and Clarence Mackay gave me a dinner of twenty-four
covers, something of a record at sea. For long afterwards in
Germany, I saw everywhere pictures of the _Imperator_ including
one of the tables set for this dinner. These were sent out over
Germany as a sort of propaganda to induce the Germans to patronise
their own ships and indulge in ocean travel. I wish that the
propaganda had been earlier and more successful, because it is
by travel that peoples learn to know each other, and consequently
to abstain from war.
On the night of the usual ship concert, Henry Morgenthau translated
a little speech for me into German, which I managed to get through
after painfully learning it by heart. Now that I have a better
knowledge of German, a cold sweat breaks out when I think of
the awful German accent with which I delivered that address.
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FOREWORD.
I MY FIRST YEAR IN GERMANY.
II POLITICAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL.
III DIPLOMATIC WORK OF FIRST WINTER IN BERLIN.
IV MILITARISM IN GERMANY AND THE ZABERN AFFAIR.
V PSYCHOLOGY AND CAUSES WHICH PREPARED THE NATION FOR WAR.
VI AT KIEL JUST BEFORE THE WAR.
VII THE SYSTEM.
VIII THE DAYS BEFORE THE WAR.
IX THE AMERICANS AT THE OUTBREAK OF HOSTILITIES.
X PRISONERS OF WAR.
XI FIRST DAYS OF THE WAR: POLITICAL AND DIPLOMATIC.
XII DIPLOMATIC NEGOTIATIONS.
XIII MAINLY COMMERCIAL.
XIV WORK FOR THE GERMANS.
XV WAR CHARITIES.
XVI HATE.
XVII DIPLOMATIC NEGOTIATIONS. (Continued).
XVIII LIBERALS AND REASONABLE MEN.
XIX THE GERMAN PEOPLE IN WAR.
XX LAST.
CHAPTER I
MY FIRST YEAR IN GERMANY
The second day out on the _Imperator_, headed for a summer's
vacation, a loud knocking woke me at seven A. M. The radio, handed
in from a friend in New York, told me of my appointment as Ambassador
to Germany.
Many friends were on the ship. Henry Morgenthau, later Ambassador
to Turkey, Colonel George Harvey, Adolph Ochs and Louis Wiley
of the _New_York_Times_, Clarence Mackay, and others.
The _Imperator_ is a marvellous ship of fifty-four thousand
tons or more, and at times it is hard to believe that one is
on the sea. In addition to the regular dining saloon, there is
a grill room and Ritz restaurant with its palm garden, and, of
course, an Hungarian Band. There are also a gymnasium and swimming
pool, and, nightly, in the enormous ballroom dances are given,
the women dressing in their best just as they do on shore.
Colonel Harvey and Clarence Mackay gave me a dinner of twenty-four
covers, something of a record at sea. For long afterwards in
Germany, I saw everywhere pictures of the _Imperator_ including
one of the tables set for this dinner. These were sent out over
Germany as a sort of propaganda to induce the Germans to patronise
their own ships and indulge in ocean travel. I wish that the
propaganda had been earlier and more successful, because it is
by travel that peoples learn to know each other, and consequently
to abstain from war.
On the night of the usual ship concert, Henry Morgenthau translated
a little speech for me into German, which I managed to get through
after painfully learning it by heart. Now that I have a better
knowledge of German, a cold sweat breaks out when I think of
the awful German accent with which I delivered that address.
MY FOUR YEARS IN GERMANY
CONTENTS
FOREWORD.
I MY FIRST YEAR IN GERMANY.
II POLITICAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL.
III DIPLOMATIC WORK OF FIRST WINTER IN BERLIN.
IV MILITARISM IN GERMANY AND THE ZABERN AFFAIR.
V PSYCHOLOGY AND CAUSES WHICH PREPARED THE NATION FOR WAR.
VI AT KIEL JUST BEFORE THE WAR.
VII THE SYSTEM.
VIII THE DAYS BEFORE THE WAR.
IX THE AMERICANS AT THE OUTBREAK OF HOSTILITIES.
X PRISONERS OF WAR.
XI FIRST DAYS OF THE WAR: POLITICAL AND DIPLOMATIC.
XII DIPLOMATIC NEGOTIATIONS.
XIII MAINLY COMMERCIAL.
XIV WORK FOR THE GERMANS.
XV WAR CHARITIES.
XVI HATE.
XVII DIPLOMATIC NEGOTIATIONS. (Continued).
XVIII LIBERALS AND REASONABLE MEN.
XIX THE GERMAN PEOPLE IN WAR.
XX LAST.
CHAPTER I
MY FIRST YEAR IN GERMANY
The second day out on the _Imperator_, headed for a summer's
vacation, a loud knocking woke me at seven A. M. The radio, handed
in from a friend in New York, told me of my appointment as Ambassador
to Germany.
Many friends were on the ship. Henry Morgenthau, later Ambassador
to Turkey, Colonel George Harvey, Adolph Ochs and Louis Wiley
of the _New_York_Times_, Clarence Mackay, and others.
The _Imperator_ is a marvellous ship of fifty-four thousand
tons or more, and at times it is hard to believe that one is
on the sea. In addition to the regular dining saloon, there is
a grill room and Ritz restaurant with its palm garden, and, of
course, an Hungarian Band. There are also a gymnasium and swimming
pool, and, nightly, in the enormous ballroom dances are given,
the women dressing in their best just as they do on shore.
Colonel Harvey and Clarence Mackay gave me a dinner of twenty-four
covers, something of a record at sea. For long afterwards in
Germany, I saw everywhere pictures of the _Imperator_ including
one of the tables set for this dinner. These were sent out over
Germany as a sort of propaganda to induce the Germans to patronise
their own ships and indulge in ocean travel. I wish that the
propaganda had been earlier and more successful, because it is
by travel that peoples learn to know each other, and consequently
to abstain from war.
On the night of the usual ship concert, Henry Morgenthau translated
a little speech for me into German, which I managed to get through
after painfully learning it by heart. Now that I have a better
knowledge of German, a cold sweat breaks out when I think of
the awful German accent with which I delivered that address.
FOREWORD.
I MY FIRST YEAR IN GERMANY.
II POLITICAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL.
III DIPLOMATIC WORK OF FIRST WINTER IN BERLIN.
IV MILITARISM IN GERMANY AND THE ZABERN AFFAIR.
V PSYCHOLOGY AND CAUSES WHICH PREPARED THE NATION FOR WAR.
VI AT KIEL JUST BEFORE THE WAR.
VII THE SYSTEM.
VIII THE DAYS BEFORE THE WAR.
IX THE AMERICANS AT THE OUTBREAK OF HOSTILITIES.
X PRISONERS OF WAR.
XI FIRST DAYS OF THE WAR: POLITICAL AND DIPLOMATIC.
XII DIPLOMATIC NEGOTIATIONS.
XIII MAINLY COMMERCIAL.
XIV WORK FOR THE GERMANS.
XV WAR CHARITIES.
XVI HATE.
XVII DIPLOMATIC NEGOTIATIONS. (Continued).
XVIII LIBERALS AND REASONABLE MEN.
XIX THE GERMAN PEOPLE IN WAR.
XX LAST.
CHAPTER I
MY FIRST YEAR IN GERMANY
The second day out on the _Imperator_, headed for a summer's
vacation, a loud knocking woke me at seven A. M. The radio, handed
in from a friend in New York, told me of my appointment as Ambassador
to Germany.
Many friends were on the ship. Henry Morgenthau, later Ambassador
to Turkey, Colonel George Harvey, Adolph Ochs and Louis Wiley
of the _New_York_Times_, Clarence Mackay, and others.
The _Imperator_ is a marvellous ship of fifty-four thousand
tons or more, and at times it is hard to believe that one is
on the sea. In addition to the regular dining saloon, there is
a grill room and Ritz restaurant with its palm garden, and, of
course, an Hungarian Band. There are also a gymnasium and swimming
pool, and, nightly, in the enormous ballroom dances are given,
the women dressing in their best just as they do on shore.
Colonel Harvey and Clarence Mackay gave me a dinner of twenty-four
covers, something of a record at sea. For long afterwards in
Germany, I saw everywhere pictures of the _Imperator_ including
one of the tables set for this dinner. These were sent out over
Germany as a sort of propaganda to induce the Germans to patronise
their own ships and indulge in ocean travel. I wish that the
propaganda had been earlier and more successful, because it is
by travel that peoples learn to know each other, and consequently
to abstain from war.
On the night of the usual ship concert, Henry Morgenthau translated
a little speech for me into German, which I managed to get through
after painfully learning it by heart. Now that I have a better
knowledge of German, a cold sweat breaks out when I think of
the awful German accent with which I delivered that address.
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| Publication date: | 09/25/2011 |
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