Office of the Historian

File No. 763.72/2091

The Ambassador in Germany (Gerard) to the Secretary of State

[Telegram]
Berlin, September 5, 1915, 2 p.m.
[Received September 6, 9 a. m.]

2838. Chancellor and his friends seem very much afraid of Von Tirpitz and his press bureau. Friend who occasionally gives me correct information says the Pope responsible for change of German submarine policy; in return he is to work for peace which friend says Germany now desires.

Gerard