Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-10
iser Net Satisfied with Retiring Minister'S
Work in America.
VENEZUELAN TROUBLE NAY HAVE HELPED
Dispatches Said to Have Lao'Isd Breath
and Scope.
WANT OF TACT ALSO IMPORTANT FACTOR
kipiIne Telegram and statue of Fred
eriek said 10 Have DIspIeased
wilhelm, who Acted on
Diplomats Advice.

BERLIN, Jan s.-Dr. Won Holleben was
not recalled from Washington. but on learn
ing that his government was not satisfied
with his work and feeling an he cabled for
a long leave Of absence, which was imme-
diately granted. but he will not return to
Washington.
Baron speck Won sternbergs temporary
assignment as charge daffaires at Wash
ington will be followed after an interval
by his appointment as ambassador. The
baron In the meantime will retain his post
tion Of consul general at Calcutta.
oddly enough. the whereabouts Of Baron
Won sternberg is not known at the foreign
ONCE. II II thought. however. that he is
visiting in saxony.
All the foreign ONCE officials will say
about Dr. Won Holleben Is:
He has not resigned and his leave is
granted on his own initiative. The govern
ment would never recall an ambassador In
the midst Of important negotiations with
out grave reasons, and these certainly do
not exist. The supposition that the gov
Ernment is annoyed because he failed TO
Abtain President Roosevelt's consent TO
afbitrate the Venezuela dispute is dis
proved By the fact that Germany foresaw
this refusal and in it's note OF December
% offered the alternative proposition to re-
fer the matter to The Hague court. Still.
It was felt that the international political
factors in the case dictated the appropri-
ateness OF first Offering the president the
task"
The opinion is also expressed that DR..
Won Holleben's dispatches regarding the
psiicy Of the United States in the Vene-
ATuelan business, and its general foreign
\poliey. have been neither adequate nor
precise.
Lack of Confidence.
A variety Of other reasons may have con-
tributed to the lack OF confidence in the
ambassador, the vossisehe Zeitung. for IN
stance. attributes importance to the tele-
gram sent by Emperor William to Mr..
Kipling on March 5. 1898, when Kipling
was III in New York.
The newspaper assumes that Count Won
Holleben counseled the sending Of the
telegram, and the emperor. especially since
the publication OF Kipling's recent poem.
''The Rowers," feels he was Ill advised
Emperor william, when Kipling was Ill.
wired as follows to Mrs. KiDling;
BERLIN, March 5-Mrs, Rudyard Kip
ling, go Hotel GTenoble, New York: As
able works Of your husband. l await with
anxiety news OF his condition. God grant
Who are thankful 70 him for the heart-mov-
ing manner in which he has sung the deeds
OF our great common race rassii,,,,u
DR. Won Holleben's critics also aver that
he showed an unskilled hand in the great
champagne war, and in the Witt incident
and also in permitting himself to become
the object OF press attacks. even though
uniustly.
The matter Of the statue Of Frederick the
Great is also remembered with it's indiffer-
9nt reception on the part Of the American
,feople. This, Il is alleged. Dr. Won Holle-
ZEN ought TO have foreseen, and he should
have dissuaded the emperor from Offering
the statue to the United States.
DId Not Say Farewell.
WASHINGTON. Jan. s.-The State de.
partment has been informed that Baror
speck Won sternberg is to come to Wash
ington as a minister on a special mission.
Meanwhile Herr Won Holleben, the pres
ent ambassador, who has been granted a
sick leave, is not expected to return tC
Washington from Germany. He left tn,
~ without saying farewell to the presi-
dent or to Secretary Hay, but it is under
stood by both OF the oficials that the am
bassador is an extremely sick man. and hi
condition is accepted as sufficient excuse for
any omission OF form in his departure.
He is eligible to retirement, according L
the rules OF the German diplomatic service
and in view OF his continued Ill health Il
IS scarcely expected he will be able to as
sumo active duties in the diplomatic hslC
again.
In view Of the retirement OF Herr vor
Holleben. a complete change in the per
sornel OF the German embassy here is ex
pstted soon after the appearance OF BaroI
Vcn sternbeTg II now appears that he Il
o. present in Berlin. and not at Debit. Al
was supposed. II this is correct Il will b,
possible for Baron Sternberg to reach Wash
inEton about the time Minister Bowen ar
rives here from Venezuela. The minister
expects to start Sunday from La Guayra OF
Dolphin, which has been placed at hi
disposal. and II he comes all the way b.
water the trip will probably consume abou
ten days, thus anOrding Baron Sternberl
an opportunity to be present az the nrs
meeting of the commissioners who are I,
adjust the Venezuelan trouble.
Another Head Falls.
Baron Won Heykins the German minis
ter to Mexico. has been granted an extende,
leave OF absence. It is possible he viii
not return 10 his post.
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