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Gerard (JAMES WATSON American diplomat)

JAMES WATSON, American diplomat and lawyer, born in Geneseo, N. Y., 1867. He graduated from the New York Law School in 1892. For four years he was Chairman of the New York Democratic Campaign Committee.

JAMES W. GERARD In 1908 he was elected associate justice of the Supreme Court of New York, but resigned in 1913 on being appointed Ambassador to Germany by President Wilson. He became the center of public notice during the first two years of the World War, on account of the skill with which he represented his country in GERASA Germany, at a time when the situation between the two governments grew gradually more and more strained. On the break between Germany and the United States, in February, 1917, he was recalled and returned to the United States. He is the author of two books based on his experiences in Berlin, both of which were widely read; "My Four Years in Germany" (1917), and "Face to Face with Kaiserism" (1918).

GERASA (jer'a-sä), in the time of the Romans a flourishing city of Palestine, situated among the mountains of Gilead, about 20 miles E. of the Jordan.

Parts of the city wall are still in good preservation; two theaters and several temples can be identified, and 230 columns are still standing. GERBI (jerbe), or JERBA (jerbä), an island in the Gulf of Cabes, off the coast of Tunis. It is about 20 miles long and 14 broad. The surface is level and fertile, and occupied by a population of about 45,000, mostly Berbers.