The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-02-11
Won HOLLEBEH's CASE
,sn Ambassadors Recall
rxo1ained by a Diplomat.
81 REFLECTION UPON HIS WORK

$40 idea of a Change Appears
occurred to the Kaiser-Old
.sousI Friendship Between
the president and Baron SOeck Won
steznburs'
- Of the gossip started to account
Mo' ',hassador Won Heileben's recall
fOr ,1 idle on its face. The explana-
paS aivon to the Washington CORE
pO andent of the New York Evening
spo NV one of the highest authorities
fo9s automatic circle in Washington
IL ~ reflection upon Won Holleben
Is Nv onvthing he has done or left IN
III bu+ the fact that Baron Speck
Tvs W. sternburg is more the man for an
'U ,aarrency which the kaiser believes
los confronting Germany. In 9TH
h0 IDS the new ambassador was Sc
od before the decision was reached
is 70 ~ when the old ambassador should
% 4ro and DR.. Won Holleben's illness
Nd request for an indefinite leave of
'I --onco furnished simply an opportu-
",tr which would have been sought If
e. had not presented itself.
II w., w. idoa of making this substitution
anoors to have occurred to the Ger
arr, onneror not long after the desig-
n-'. lion Of Sir Michael Herbert to sue
n nood Lord Pauncefote and to have
hoon suggested by that. During Mr..
pooaovelt's life in Washington before
hocoming president he formed very
mono nersonal attachment for two or
LOO Of the younger men in the diplo-
Matte corps, Chief Michael being the
nbiof member Of this group. Another
u,os Sneck Won Sternburg. Both friends
drifted away for time, but the ap-
ointment of Sir Michael to the en-
bassy was so obviously dictated by hiH
avn desire, the British governmental
recognition of the personal phases o.
the case and the knowledge, Of which
M secret was made here, that 1t would
hp pleasure to the president to wei
come his old companion back, that the
kaiser in his impulsive way decided
that he must make a quick move to
cbeckmate England. Won HOlleben
was agreeable to the president, but not
intimate with him; Sternburg. as the
kaiser discovered, was both. This set
fled the matter, and plans for the
change were laid without delay. The
Venezuelan affair had been carried
through to a point where whoever rep
resented Germany on the commission
was liable to be caught here for a rath-
er long session. Won Holleben's health
was not of the best. His retirement
under these conditions, it was assumed,
would not excite much wonder, and his
successor would start fresh with the
Venezuelan arbitration at its begin
ming.
Baron Speck Won Sternburg was not
only one Of President Roosevelt's COM
paniOns in out of door tramps and
sports in the old days, but when the
Spanish war broke out Mr. Roosevelt
found his counsel and assistance fnval-
liable in starting his own military ca
EtcI. LIE DdECu udu DStn d SO1ulS1 az
home and was able to assist most eff
fectIvely in the preliminary training Of
the rough rider who was later to be-
come both military and civil chief Of
the nation.
Of course it stands to reason no such
relations can exist between president
Of the United States and any foreign
ambassador as often do between an
old world sovereign and the personal
representative Of one of his royal
cousins" A president can have no ia
vOrites among either nations or diplo-
matists. He can do no good turns, "
and no foreign representative fit for
the duties Of diplomacy would think of
asking him for one, but public men
have their human as well as their Off
cal sides, and conditions are liable to
arise in which the interests of all par
ties are better served by having the
ruler of nation and diplomatic guest