FUTJLE THREATS
PARIS. February 17. ' Le Matin ' publishes an interview with Mr Gerard, who said that the Germans failed to understand the Americans. Thev could not place themselves in others' positions; this caused all their errors. The Wilhelmstrasse policy was to terrorise individuals and. then terrorise the American nation. They thought America, would be. afraid, but they were deceived. If Germany appeared temporarily to yield to President Wilson it was because si e hoped to disarm American opinion. Germany made her biggest mistake when she made the declaration of her so-called blockade. -
Mr Gerard subsequently repudiated this interview, but ' Le Matin ' states that the interview was the substance of a conversation with Mr Hughes Leroux. a personal friend of the Ambassador.
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Evening Star, Issue 16352, 19 February 1917, Page 3
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