Discussing the appointment of Dr. Hans Heinrich Dieckhoff to Washington, the diplomatic correspondent of the Manchester Guardian writes today that one of the duties of a German Ambassador to the United States is to “activate” the German-speaking population of that country.
“It is the hope of the new Germany,” he declares, “as it was of imperial Germany during the World War, that this population will exercise pressure on the United States Government in favor of a pro-German policy. Whether this effort on the part of a foreign power to activate United States citizens will improve German-American relations remains to be seen.”
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