10 Facts About Jules Cambon

Jules-Martin Cambon was a French diplomat and brother of Paul Cambon.

Jules Cambon was frustrated by French leaders such as Raymond Poincare, who decided that Berlin was trying to weaken the Triple Entente of France, Russia and Britain and was not sincere in seeking peace.

Jules Cambon was prefect of the department of Nord and of the Rhone, and in 1891 became governor-general of Algeria, where he had served in a minor position in 1874.

Jules Cambon was nominated French ambassador at Washington, DC, in 1897 and in that capacity negotiated the preliminaries of peace on behalf of the Spanish government after the war against the United States.

Jules Cambon was serving as the French ambassador to the United States during the War of 1898.

Jules Cambon was an active participant in the peace negotiations between Spain and the United States and a contributor to the final agreement, the Treaty of Paris of 1898.

Jules Cambon was transferred in 1902 as ambassador to Spain and in 1907 to Germany, where he served until the outbreak of World War I in 1914, and then as the head of the political section of the French Foreign Ministry during the war.

Jules Cambon believed in the Entente Cordiale with Britain and worked to reinforce and strengthen diplomatic ties with France's main ally.

Jules Cambon acted as adviser to French Prime Minister Alexandre Ribot as the war draw to a close.

Jules Cambon's department shared military and other intelligence with the British Foreign Office in pursuit of the defeat of the Central Powers, Tsarism and Bolshevism.