Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-08-25
sTERNBURG's SUCCESSOR.
There Are Several Candidates fol
Mission to Washington.

Berlin, Aug 24.-The foreign office
on receiving Il telegram from Heidel-
berg announcing the death there of
Baron Won ste rnburg, sent a cable
gram to Count Hermann Won HAITI
-Wildenburg, the German charge
d'affaires at Washington, instructing
him 70 inform President Roosevelt that
the question of a successor to the ba-
rOE probably would not be settled I'M
til Prince Non BueloW, the imperial
chancellor. saw the Emperor, which
might not be until the second week in
September. Various changes in the
diplomatic corps in prospect are to be
gaZetted in October and among them
probably will be a successor to the
baron at Washington.
Some candidates for this post are
Count Won GoetZen. the Prussian min
lister at Hamburg, Herr Won Reich
enau, the German minister to Brazil,
and DR.. Baron Mumm Won Schwarzen-
stein, the ambassador to Japan. An
American Iiplomatist in conversation
with Emperor William in January last
] said something complimentary to
I Count Won Goetzen.
| Il a glad to hear you say this" re-
| piled the Emperor, because Count Won
! Goetzen will be the next ambassador
| to Washington"
| Although the intention of the En-
peror in this regard appeared definite
when he spoke, the report thta the
count had been selected to succeed Ba-
ron Won Sternburg was so widely gos-
siped that there arose certain
amount Of feeling in the German dip
| IN n no ahnioa If
this young minister for so desirable an
embassy and this feeling may caue a
| revision of the previous decision. on
| tho part of the Emperor and his chan
! cellor
| Count Won GoetZen is AZ years old
| He entered the army as a lieutenant
| in the I'd Uhlan Regiment of the
| guard, and later served as military at
| taohe at the German embassy In Rome
| After this he made an exploring trip
across Central Africa. The count was
| military attache at Washington from
| 1896 to 1860 and the following year he
| was appointed captain of the general
| staff and transferred to the foreign
| office. He then entered the colonial SER
vice and was governor of German
| East Africa for five years. In Febru-
arv of this year he was appointed min
| lister at Hamburg.
| Count Won Goetzens wife is an
American. She was Mrs. May stan
lev Law of Baltimore Her maiden
| name was I.Oney.
Herr Won Reichenau was first .secre-
tary of the German embassy at Wash
ingtCn from 1896 to 1898. He was Ger
man minister to Guatemala and Chile
before he was sent to Brazil.
Baron Mumm Won SchwarZenstein
no has been described as the logica
successor to Baron Won Sternburg, Of
ten has said that he would rather bt
given the embassy at Washington
than any other position in the service
Although he is we'll satisfied with To
kio he still hopes for the Washington
| appointment.
| It was intimated today that two 9th
err names in addition to the foregoing
also are among the possibilities fo
this position.
| The immediate cause Of death wa!
information of the lungs. The frs
| SYMPTOMS were noticed Saturday ant
they reached their elimination in 8
hours. The baron was in weakened
condition and unable to withstand tn
| attack.
Baroness Won Sternburg has received
the following telegram from Empero
| William:
1T am deeply shaken by the un ex
pected news Of the passing away o
!, your husband and I desire to expires
!, to you my heartfelt sympathy. ! los
in him valuable friend and a distin
guished diplomatist who has rendere
important service to me and the ia
! therland and whom it will be mos
difficult to replace. May God give yol
in your great grief, His Heavenly con
Solation.<
I'll (SignedO "WlLHELM.
Prince Won Buelow. the imperis
chancellor, has sent to The Associate
Press from Norderney the followin
dispatch on the death of Baron Vo
Sternburg:
= Il deeply regret the death of Baro
Won Sternburg, whom I always cor