Revelations Of A German Attache Ten Years of German-American Diplomacy

New York: George H. Doran Company. Very Good. 1916. Trade Edition. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing. The lettering on the spine of the book is mostly rubbed off. The text pages are mostly clean and bright. There is a previous owner's inked name on the front endpaper, and an ink stamped previous owner's name and address on the front pastedown page. The rear pastedown page has a previous owner's inked date. "One of the most interesting and at the same time aggravating books resulting from the war is “The Revelations of a German Attaché, ” by Emil Witte, who was attached to the German Embassy at Washington and the Foreign Office at Berlin from 1898 to 1907. Witte contends that Germany is the chief foe of the United States, that she seeks and has long sought war with this country, and that more than once conflict was perilously near. It was narrowly averted, he declares, during the memorable visit of Prince Henry to this country. This visit, Witte insists, was for the purpose of increasing the fealty of Germans in America to the Fatherland. While Prince Henry was here it was decided to give Von Holleben, the German ambassador to the United States, his passports, and demand his recall. This, at any time, was perilously near to being a war move—to have it occur during the prince's visit, or to have the news of the impending action leak out, would surely bring about conflict. When it was seen that the intended recall could not be kept secret much longer the prince cut short his visit and hurried home. Two days later the storm broke, and Von Holleben was given his passports. It is not made at all clear by Witte just why the ambassador was recalled, or whether his recall was intended by a certain group of American politicians to provoke war. Here is rather an amusing account of one of the results of Von Holleben's recall: " (from the Argonaut - vol. 79) .