Inquired the German Foreign Office of the U. S. Department of State, "Will Baron Doktor Friedrich Wilhelm von Prittwitz (preetveets) und Gaffron be persona grata to you as Ambassador?"
U.S. Secretary of State Frank Billings Kellogg was for the moment uncertain. Who might this Dr. von Prittwitz be? Research showed him to be no more than Counselor of Embassy at the German Embassy at Rome. Was the German Government actually proposing to elevate a man of such minor rank to be an ambassador? Well, why not? He was evidently...
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