A RECENT PORTRAIT OF THE PRESIDENT The above photograph of President Wilson and Mrs. Wilson was made in Washington just as they were leaving the hall of the Daughters of the American Revolution, where the President had made an address. Mrs. Bolling, mother of Mrs. Wilson, is directly behind the President, and on his right is a Secret Service man. Colonel W. W. Harts, superintendent of buildings and grounds, is on Mrs. Wilson's left COUNT VON BERNSTORFF German Ambassador to the United States Count von Bernstorff was born in London in 1862. He married an American, Miss Jeanne Luckemeyer, of New York, in 1887. His diplomatic career has been a distinguished one. He has occupied his present post since 1908. He has been honored with degrees by many American universities DR. VON BETHMANN HOLLWEG Chancellor of the German Empire Dr. von Bethmann Hollweg was born in the Province of Brandenburg in 1856. He was educated in the Universities of Strassburg, Leipzig, and Berlin. He has held many high positions in official life, and in addition is Generallieutenant in the Prussian army Ambassador von Bernstorff and Chancellor von Bethmann Hollweg have more to do with German-American relations than any other German officials in civil life FHOTOGRAPH FROM BAN NEWS SERVICE JAMES W. GERARD, AMERICAN AMBASSADOR TO GERMANY, AND THE EMBASSY STAFF Judge Gerard was born in Geneseo, New York, in 1867; graduated from Columbia University in 1900; was admitted to the bar in 1902; became Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of New York in 1908; was major in the National Guard for several years. In the picture he is seen seated in the center, surrounded by his staff PROMINENT FIGURES IN THE GREAT GERMAN-AMERICAN DIPLOMATIC CONTROVERSY OVER SUBMARINE WARFARE |