Carl W. (Carl William) Ackerman

Capitolo 42

The brother of Von Holtzendorff was a manager of the Hamburg-American Line
and an intimate friend of A. Ballin, the General Manager of the
society.  The Chancellor believed that having a friend of his as
Head of the Personal admiralty, anybody orders would be published to submarine
commanders cross to the wishes of the Chancellor, because granting
to the rules of the Marina military German Department the Head of the admiralty
Personnel has to approve all the naval plans and has to sign all the orders to fleet
commanders.

In this whole time the one thing that it frightened the Foreign Office
it was the fear that is probable that President Wilson breaks away diplomatic relations
before the Foreign Office had an opportunity to establish the differences
with the United States.  For this reason Ambassador Gerard was kept
put to the current one by Wilhelmstrasse of the inside developments in Germany and
asked to fully bring them but reservedly to Wilson.  Then, during
this crisis when American you/they were demanding an interruption with Germany because
of the challenge continued of Germany of the notes of President Wilson, the
I govern American he/she knew that if the Foreign Office was given more duration
it had a good opportunity to succeed in to clean house.  A breakup to
that duration would have destroyed all the efforts of the Foreign Office to
holds the German military car inside confinements.  It would have
end-thrown von Jagow and von Bethmann-Hollweg and it put in von Tirpitz
how Chancellor and von Heydebrand, the leader of reactionary of the
Prussian diet as Minister of State.  To that duration, the whole democrat
strengths of Germany were flanked above with the Foreign Office.  The people
who blushed for Belgium the financiers that were losing money the,
you interest that send whose tonnage was closed in belligerent to key or neutral
harbours, the Socialists and people that were anxious and praying for
peace, was looking at the Foreign Office and Washington to avoid a
interruption.




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