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Notes from the Capital
April 1, 1915 issue

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The persistent but generally discredited rumors of the recall of Count Johann von Bernstorff, the German Ambassador, suggest a few reflections. In old times the foreign diplomatist in Washington was a somewhat statuesque figure, with social inclinations which were not quite satisfied. He took his place as a member of a select corps to whom the most private of private courtesies were extended in a semi-representative way, neither authors nor recipients being free from the consciousness which prompts such a manner of approach. During the generation, however, an envoy here and there has broken through the official shell that encases him and become for the nonce like a foster-son of the U.S.

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VON Bernstorff, Johann; AMBASSADORS; DIPLOMACY; AMERICANS; DIPLOMATS; UNITED States
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