Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-04-04
DIPLOMATS RECALL
Secret History Of Baron Won
Folleben's Downfall.
G1VIEG WAYToAWo WOMAN DIsLIKED

Trouble stared v IN ccrman Am
bassador Permitted Lady Paunce-
fote to Preeeae Him at "a white
House Eccepsion-r-aiaer Ansered
ana Called, "0ei sick anu cos.se
uor1e ii once
Our Imperial master is pleased to dis
pense witn your further services immedi-
stely You could letter conveniently get
SICK and come hane O. once
Won ltfGFtTHlOFEN.
Or. son Holleben. now only nominal.
~ German ambassador to the United
tat. reserved that dispatch from
Berlin last January, sags the Washing
g1a correspondent Of the New York
world. Tie Ambassador at the time
was Ct a reception at the Russian en-
bassy. The dispatch was handed to
him by a messenger from the German
embassy.
Dr. von IIolleben read the dispatch
without sigH Of emoti0a. excused hiuI-
self TO Count Cassial and Immediately
returned 10 the German embassy.
where he had his valet hurriedly pack
his trunks. He took a midnight train
TO New York. where the next day a de
tailed report was given out that Or.
Won Holleben was in bad health and
was going home on extended leave.
The dispatch was from Baron Won
R~ichthofen, Emperor Williams secre-
tary for foreign affairs. 1t marked the
climax of Or. von Holleben's strained
relations at Berlin and signalized the
end Of his active diplomatic career.
by order Of the kaiser DR.. Won Hol-
leben viii return to Washington within
a month or two to present his formal
recall. He win be succeeded by Baron
Speck Won Sternburg, the present min
lister and envoy extraordinary. When
Or. Won Holleben returns to Berlin, he
will be placed on the retired list at a
comfortable pension. and his active
participation in the public affairs of
Germany viii be at an end.
The story probably never would have
come out in the United States if Count
Quadt, who throughout a portion of
Or. Won Holleben's administration was
first secretary. had not been relieved
of that post at his own request and
left Washington. 1t is understood that
Count Quadt told the story to friends
just before leaving for Europe.
4 woman-Lady Pauncefote, widow
Of the late Lord Pauncefote. the Brit
ish ambassador-was the direct cause
Of the kaiser's attention being called
to what he regarded as DR.. Won Hole
ben's unfitness for an a~mbassadorial
post At the last reception given b.
President Mckinley Jan. J.. 1901, the
diplomatic corps was led by the wife
Of the British ambassador. Lord Paunce
fote was then dean of the corps and rs
such was entitled to -ead the line Of
diplomats. DR.. ven Holleben, as seq
ond IN rank. should have led the life
in the absence Of Lord Pauncefote.
who was unable to attend because of
illness,
Without consulting the wishes of any
Pauncefote took her husbands place at
the head OF the line, and Or. Won HOLE
ben followed meekly behind her. This
was cabled TO Europe and was brought
to the attention of the kaiser. 1t is
said that he then caused a dispatch to
be sent to Or. Won Holleben reciting
the kQiser's indignation that his repre-
sentative should give way to a WON
an and intimating that if the ambas-
sador did not more closely watch his
yp's and as the emperor would replace
him.
1t was only a few months later that
Prince Henry made his visit 10 the
United States. and on his return to
Berlin he reported to his brother, the
emperor. that DR.. Won Holleben should
not be kept at Washington. Then fol-
lowed the publication of the report
that the ambassador had become EN-
broiled in a party row with some wine
agents over the wine to be used Mt the
christening of the emperor's yacht, the
Meteor, ut New York; also his dispute
with Lord Pauncefote over the author
ship Of dispatches framed in Washing
ton Jointly by European diplomats
touching upon delicate points involved
in the international negotiations 20
avert war between Spain and the
United States and his inability to OBJ
tain from the Roosevelt administration
satisfactory terms for the settlement
of the Venezuelan dispute without re,
sort to the means ultimately employed
by Germany ana England. All of these
things combined to destroy the en-
peror's confidence In Or. Won Holleben.
PREACHERS FOR Beers.
President Discusses Their Future
With Bishop HartzeIl.
Bishop j. c. Hartzell of Africa adj