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Carl W. Ackerman. Germany, The Next Republic?
Germany, The Next Republic?
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A DOCUMENT CIRCULATED BY "THE LEAGUE OF TRUTH"--THE RED BLOODY HAND ON THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE … Frontispiece
GERMANY, THE NEXT REPUBLIC?
CHAPTER I
MOBILIZATION OF PUBLIC OPINION
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II
[Illustration: First page of the author's passport.]
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CHAPTER II
"PIRATES SINK ANOTHER NEUTRAL SHIP"
[Illustration: A Berlin "Extra"]
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II
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CHAPTER III
THE GULF BETWEEN KIEL AND BERLIN
CHAPTER IV
THE HATE CAMPAIGN AGAINST AMERICA
[Illustration: First page of the magazine "Light and Truth"]
CHAPTER V
THE DOWNFALL OF VON TIRPITZ AND VON FALKENHAYN
CHAPTER VI
THE PERIOD OF NEW ORIENTATION
[Illustration: Gott strafe England.]
[Illustration: This is the photograph of von Hindenburg which very German has in his home.]
CHAPTER VII
THE BUBBLING ECONOMIC VOLCANO
CHAPTER VIII
THE PEACE DRIVE OF DECEMBER 12TH
[Illustration: THE POPE TO PRESIDENT WILSON----"HOW CAN MY PEACE ANGEL FLY, MR. PRESIDENT, WHEN YOU ALWAYS PUT SHELLS IN HER POCKETS?"]
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CHAPTER IX
THE BERNHARDI OF THE SEAS
[Illustration: The New Weather Cape]
[Illustration: CHART SHOWING TONNAGE OF SHIPS SUNK BY GERMAN SUBMARINES FROM REAR ADMIRAL HOLLWEG'S BOOK]
CHAPTER X
THE OUTLAWED NATION
[Illustration: AN ADVERTISEMENT IN THE BERLIN "DEUTSCHE TAGES-ZEITUNG" FOR THE BOOK--"PRESIDENT BLUFF" MEANING PRESIDENT WILSON]
CHAPTER XI
THE UNITED STATES AT WAR
[Illustration: SCHWAB TO MR. WILSON--"FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE, GREAT LITTLE LEADER, THE WHOLE PLACE WILL BLOW UP IF YOU SMOKE HERE!"]
[Illustration: "THE NEW OLD PRESIDENT. LONG LIVE AMERICA! LONG LIVE PEACE! LONG LIVE THE AMMUNITION FACTORIES!"]
CHAPTER XII
PRESIDENT WILSON
[Illustration: THE AUTHOR'S CARD OF ADMISSION TO THE REICHSTAG ON APRIL 5TH, 1916.]
[Illustration: AMBASSADOR GERARD ARRIVING IN PARIS]
[Illustration: A POST-CARD FROM GENERAL VON KLUCK.]
APPENDIX
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Carl W. Ackerman
Published by Good Press, 2019
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The war came, too, during the holiday season in Europe. Over 90,000 Americans were in the war zones. The State Department was flooded with telegrams. Senators and Congressmen were urged to use their influence to get money to stranded Americans to help them home. The 235 U.S. diplomatic and consular representatives were asked to locate Americans and see to their comfort and safety. Not until Americans realised how closely they were related to Europe could they picture themselves as having a direct interest in the war. Then the stock market began to tumble. The New York Stock Exchange was closed. South America asked New York for credit and supplies, and neutral Europe, as well as China in the Far East, looked to the United States to keep the war within bounds. Uncle Sam became the Atlas of the world and nearly every belligerent requested this government to take over its diplomatic and consular interests in enemy countries. Diplomacy, commerce, finance and shipping suddenly became dependent upon this country. Not only the belligerents but the neutrals sought the leadership of a nation which could look after all the interests, except those of purely military and naval operations. The eyes of the world centred upon Washington. President Wilson, as the official head of the government, was signalled out as the one man to help them in their suffering and to listen to their appeals. The belligerent governments addressed their protests and their notes to Wilson. Belgium sent a special commission to gain the President's ear. The peace friends throughout the world, even those in the belligerent countries, looked to Wilson for guidance and help.
In August, 1914, Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, the President's wife, was dangerously ill. I was at the White House every day to report the developments there for the United Press. On the evening of the 5th of August Secretary Tumulty called the correspondents and told them that the President, who was deeply distressed by the war, and who was suffering personally because of his wife's illness, had written at his wife's bedside the following message:
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