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Gottlieb von Jagow
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
or "GOTTLIEB VON JAGOW (1863-), German Foreign Secretary at the outbreak of the World War, was born June 22 1863 in Berlin. He entered the diplomatic service in 1895 and after having been Prussian minister at Munich, German ambassador at Rome, and German minister at The Hague, was appointed in 1913 Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. He played an active part in the negotiations preceding the outbreak of the World War and was, in particular, concerned in the German relations with Austria, having been the first member of the Imperial Government in Berlin to become acquainted with the terms of the Austrian ultimatum to Serbia. Jagow retired in Nov. 1916. He wrote a defence of German policy entitled Ursachen and Ausbruch des Weltkrieges (1919).
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Gottlieb von Jagow'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/g/gottlieb-von-jagow.html. 1910.
