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New German Charge D'Adaires at
Washington Has Long Inter-
view with Chancellor.
NE WILL SAIL FOR new YORK JAN. 20.
Apparently Inspired Newspaper Ar
tiele Denies Won Holleben's Retire.
Aemt IL Connected with Roose-
velps Refusal to Arbitrats vene-
suelan Dispute.

Steruburg, the newly appointed
charge d'affaires Of Germany at
Washington conferred with Chan
cellor Won Buelow for two hours Sat-
urday. He was In conference with
the chancellor for an hour Friday
evening. The baron will be received
in audience by the emperor Tuesday
OF Wednesday. He has engaged
transportation on the Hamburg
American line steamer Auguste Vic.
toria which is to sail from Hamburg
January 20 for New York.
The Cologne Gazette Saturday in
an apparently inspired statement
denies that Ambassador Won Holle-
ben's retirement from Washington
is connected with President Roose-
velt's refusal to arbitrate the Vene-
zuelan dispute or to the alleged ill
feeling in the United States towards
Germany.
I'm spite of the unfriendly com
ments in the American PRESS" the
Cologne Gazette says, 1.-THE attitude
of the United States government and
president towards Germany has al
ways continued very correct in fact
even friendly" The statement also
says that DR.. Won Holleben's leave
Of absence is mot connected with the
Pauncefote affair.
To he Given High Rank.
Baron Speck Won Sternburg will be
given ample rank. He will not be p
simple charge d'affaires, but from
the beginning will have special
rank, probably that Of ambassador
extraordinary, SO that although Herr
Won Holleben will retain for an in
definite period the title of ambassa-
dor to the United States, Baron
Speck Won Sternburg will really have
a rank equal to or superior to that
Of DR.. Won Holleben. Since the en-
peror has been giving special per-
sonal attention to Germany's rela-
tions with the United States he has
said on two or three occasions, it is
understood, that Germany ought to
be represented at Washington by q
personality which would win the re-
gard Of the American people as well
rs the confidence Of the American
government. His majesty on one oc
casion alluded to the personality OF
WI Ting Fang, the former Chinese
minister at Washington, as being of
exceptional value to China.
One of Chancellor Won Buelow's
considerations in recommending the
appointment of Baron Speck Won
Sternburg was that the latter was
not new man in Washington, but
one who already had an assured
place in the respect of the president,
Secretary Hay and other members of
the administration. The appoint
ment seems to have come as COM
plete surprise to Baron Won Stern
burg, for he told the correspondent
of the press that he had already
started for Calcutta when telegram
caught him in Paris. He added that
he was very much pleased to return
to the friends he had left in the
United States only three weeks ago
Baron Speck Won Sternburg was born
at Leeds, England, and did not see
Germany until he was seven. His
father was a naturalized EnglishmaI
and his mother was a Miss Shaw, Of
Yorkshire.
Recall Pleases Britons.
New York, Jan. 12.-British salts
faction over DR.. Won Holleben's re
call is not concealed, according to q
Tribune dispatch from London. The
German ambassadors alleged at
tempt to discredit Lord Pauncefote
at Washington was bitterly resented
in Official circles here, and public
opinion here, whether justly or I'm.
justly, has been strongly directed
against Germany throughout the
Venezuela affair. The Birmingham
Post. for example, charges Germany
with adopting hostile measures
against Castro while the negotiations
for arbitration were in progress, and
with competing with the United
States for the purchase Of the Pan
anna canal, with view to challeng-
Ing the Monroe doctrine An a most