the food within the
Central Powers, the Hungarians refused to join a scheme which would rob
them of food they had jealously guarded and saved since the beginning
of the war.

In the Dual Monarchy there are many freedom loving people who are
longing for a deliverer. Hungary at one time feared Russia but only
because of the Czar. The real and most powerful democratic force among
the Teutonic allies is located there in Budapest. I know of no city
outside of the United States where the people have such love of freedom
and where public opinion plays such a big role. Budapest, even in war
times, is one of the most delightful cities in Europe and Hungary, even
as late as last December, was not contaminated by Prussian ideas. I
saw Russian prisoners of war walking through the streets and mingling
with the Hungarian soldiers and people. American Consul General Coffin
informed me that there were seven thousand Allied subjects in Budapest
who were undisturbed. English and French are much more popular than
Germans. One day on my first visit in Budapest I asked a policeman in
front of the Hotel Ritz in German, "Where is the Reichstag?" He shook
his head and went on about his business regulating the traffic at the
street corner. Then I asked him half in English and half in French
where the Parliament was.

With a broad smile he said: "Ah, Monsieur, voila, this street your
right, vis a vis." Not a word of German would he speak.

After the Allied offensive began on the Somme the old friends of von
Tirpitz, assisted by Prince von Buelow, started an offensive against
the Chancellor, with renewed vigour. This time they were determined to
oust him at all costs. They sent emissaries to the Rhine Valley, which
is dominated by the Krupp ammunition factories. These emissaries began
by attacking the Chancellor's attitude towards the United States. They
pointed out that Germany could not possibly win the war unless she
defeated England, and it was easy for any German to see that the only
way England could be attacked was from the seas; that as long as
England had her fleet or her merchant ships she could continue the war
and continue to supply the Allies. It was pointed out to the
ammunition makers, also, that they were already fighting the United
States; that the United States was sending such enormous supplies to
the Entente, that unless the submarines were used to stop these
supplies Germany would most certainly be defeated