In Berlin, Addams meets German chancellor, foreign minister, and pacifists

Description

Addams and Jacobs, as well as members of their entourage, are introduced to a German military officer at their hotel in Berlin who criticizes the United States government for selling war munitions to Britain and France. They also meet with a group of German pacifists, many of whom are members of anti-war group Der Bund Neues Vaterland, as well as Maximilian Harden, editor of Die Zukunft. The highpoint of the Berlin trip is Addams and Jacobs' separate meetings with German Foreign Minister Gottlieb von Jagow and Chancellor Theobald Bethmann-Hollweg. The chancellor informs the women that Germany will not request mediation, since doing so would be seen, wrongly, by England and France as a sign of Germany's weakness.

Date

1915-05-19

Source

Addams, Jane. “Factors in Continuing the War.” Women at The Hague. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1915. 124-41. Google Play Books. Web. 7 June 2017.

Addams, Jane. "The Food of War." The Independent LXXXIV (1915): 430-31. Google Play Books. Web. 31 May 2017.

Hamilton, Alice. “At the War Capitals.” The Survey XXXIV.19 (1915): 417-22. Archive.org. Web. 1 June 2017.

“Miss Addams Finds War Idea Supreme.” The New York Times: 24 Jun. 1915, vol. LXIV no. 20,970: 3. The New York Times Company. NYTimes Search. Web. 10 June 2017.

“Women Envoys Urge Neutrals to Meet.” The New York Times 16 Oct. 1915, vol. LXV no. 21,084: 3. The New York Times Company. NYTimes Search. Web. 8 June 2017.

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