Kuhlmann
RICHARD VON, a German statesman. Prior to the outbreak of the World War he served as secretary to many important embassies, notably that of London. When in the middle of 1917 Chancellor Michaelis became head of came head of imperial affairs, Kühlmann was given the post of Secretary for Foreign Foreign Affairs, succeeding Dr. Alfred Kühlmann's most important work was the negotiating of the peace of Brest-Litovsk between the Bolsheviki and Germany. Although it was fairly well known that he did not approve of the extreme annexationist plans of the military party he was forced to accede to their wishes in every particular. In 1918 in the course of an address in the Reichstag, he made the remark that neither side could hope to win a complete victory but that the peace must be one of compromise. For this the military party under Ludendorff demanded demanded his resignation.
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