Count von Bernstorff began his career in America auspiciously, being materially aided by the fact that his wife was an American. In time he received honorary degrees from several American universities and there was a demand for him as a public speaker.
The outbreak of the World War made Count von Bernstorff's position the more difficult because of the activities of German agents in the United States, notably the military attache, Captain Boy-Ed. With the sinking-of the Lusitania he used neutral arbiter of the world's destinies after the war. He thoroughly believed in Wilson's peace principles and always spoke enthusiastically of the American War President.
After quiting the Reichstag in 1924, Count Von Bernstorff and his wife retired to their beautiful estate over. looking Lake Starnberg in Upper Bavaria. There the Count, once one of the gayest of diplomats, devoted himself to gardening, dog-breeding and cattle raising. He became a teetotaler. After the revolution he removed his upward pointing
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