An Unpublished Diary From World War I Era
James W. Gerard records July 1913 to February 1917 observations as American ambassador in Berlin. He notes meetings with Von Jagow, chancellor Bethmann Hollweg, and other officials on peace efforts, U boat threats, food shortages, espionage, and shifting German public opinion toward peace with the United States. He also mentions American relief work, military morale, and the push for an honorable settlement amid tension with Austria Hungary and Russia.
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James W. Gerard
Germany
von Jagow
Makler Lohn
Sussex
Chancellor
Hauptquarter
League of Trust Gang
Hauptquartier
Charleville
France
Lille
Roubaix-Tourcoing
Verdun
Sweden
America
Holland
House
England
Delbruck
Helfferich
Gerard
Budapest
Russia
Foreign Office
Junker
Reichstag
Stresenan
National Liberal
Wilson
Rejectstag
Altho You Jagow
Junkers
Prince Buelow
Kaiser
Zimmermann
Stresemann
Austria
Suez Canal
National Zeitung
von Koester
Navy League
Mexico
Edvin Emerson
League of Truth
Marten
Finhieben
National Committee For
Prince Wedel
Frankfurter Zeitung
Lokal Anzeiger
Amiadam Sasénoff
Samsonoff
Limburg
Westphalia
Europe
Avinan
Syria
Mecca
Suez
Canal
Asia Minor
Beirut
Islahie
Aleppo
R. It
Ciilesan
Hagdad
Kut el Amara
Kut
Constantinople
Beypt
Bagdad
von Tirpitz
Black Forest
Andrassy
Tisza
Prince Leopold
William Rufus
Count Andrassy
Tisan
Hungary
Aurian
Francis Joseph
Bitel Fritz
Czech
Bohemia
Poland
Hoover
Kellogg
Unpublished diary hints at submarine war prep and political tension
July diary entry describes underground plans to resume submarine warfare to topple the chancellor. Von Buelow, degraded after his Telegraph dispute, becomes a focal point. The chancellor avoids attacks as Mueller and associates threaten the author. Rumors speak of front-line unrest and mass feeding Keynes-like pay meals. Dr. John R. Mott’s visit is noted.
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von Buelow
Emerson
Mueller
Zimmermann
Zimmermann Frantkly
Foreign Office
John R. Mott
Prisoner Department
War Ministry
Imperial government in turmoil as Kaiser relies on military chiefs
The text describes a discordant government with a passive chancellor and department heads, while the emperor departs for the field with many officials. Von Palkenhayn leads the general staff and Von Tirpitz and von Muelle hold significant naval influence, leaving the Kaiser surrounded by military infinences.
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Dle
von Palkenhayn
Stu
von Tirpitz
von Muelle
Naval
Matary Infinencas
Words Meanings Expanded by Study
A reflective short piece on etymology and the evolving sense of words. It explores kinship in language, Shakespearean references, and how terms like mankind reveal a gradual, meaningful development of meaning across centuries.
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Shakespeare
Hamlet
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