The next day Germany was flooded with letters from "The League of
Truth," saying:


"The undersigned committee of the League of Truth to their deepest
regret felt compelled to inform the members that Ambassador Gerard had
become involved in a criminal charge involving threat of arson. . . .
All American citizens are now asked whether an Ambassador who acts so
undignified at the moment of a formal threat of a wholly unnecessary
war, is to be considered worthy further to represent a country like the
United States."


Were it not for the fact that at this time President Wilson was trying
to impress upon Germany the seriousness of her continued disregard of
American and neutral lives on the high seas, the whole thing would have
been too absurd to notice. But Germany wanted to create the impression
among her people that President Wilson was not speaking for America,
and that the Ambassador was too insignificant to notice.

After this incident Gerard called upon von Jagow again and demanded the
immediate suppression of the third number of _Light and Truth_. Before
von Jagow consented Mrs. Neumann-Hofer turned upon her former
propagandists and confessed. I believe her confession is in the State
Department, but this is what she told me:


"Marten is a German and has never been called to the army because the
General Staff has delegated him to direct this anti-American
propaganda. [We were talking at the Embassy the day before the