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Show IBASDOR OF U. S. DECLINES TDJEET FOE Hugh C. Wallace Refuses to! Shake Hands With German Ger-man Envoy INCIDENT TAKES PLACE AT PARIS RECEPTION : United States Still at War With Teuton Nation, Is Explanation PARIS. Dec. 16 Hugh C Wallace, the American ambassador. last night j refused to meet Wilhelm Mayer von i Raufbeuren, the Geraaan-ambssswdor because the United States is still technically tech-nically in a state of war with Germany, Ger-many, -i . , The incident occurred at an official dinner to the diplomatic CSSPS given by Raoul Peret. president of the chamber cham-ber of deputies, and his wife. Ambas-sador Ambas-sador Wallace dean of the diplomatic diplomat-ic corps. In the absence of the Italian ambassador, and Mrs. Wallace, were the quests of honor. t T FORGET IT. Pierre de Fouquleres. of the fore-1 Ign office, know n as tho "irtToduccr of ambassadors," approached Ambassador Ambas-sador Wallace In the reception room ! before the dinner and said" The German ambassador desires ! to be presented to you." I "Can't vou forget if" Inquired Mr. Wallacei who knows M. Fouquleres, very well. j ; "He is standing just behind me, re-i re-i piled M. Fouquleres. "He is very per-jaiStcnb per-jaiStcnb 1 did not wish to embarrass1 you." REFCS1 - T i M EBl II I M "Tell him " said Mr Wallace, "that I I refuse lo meet him." 'lhe Herman ambassador was standing stand-ing so near that he heard Mr. Wal-luce's Wal-luce's reply and M. Fouqulres repcat-I repcat-I ed the response to him. Kews of the incident spread rapidly I among the 115 guests, who Included i many of the most notablo men in the publli Hfo of France. Ambassador Wallace was surrounded surround-ed by persons congratulating him, among whom were Phllllppe Berthe-lol. Berthe-lol. political director of tho French foreign office, and Baron Hardlngo, the new British ambassador to France. The episode was much talked of In Paris political Circles today, where It I was commented that the American ambassador could not yet meet socially the ambassador of a country with whom tho bolted States Is at war. oo |