Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-07-16
NEW PREMIER IS
KAISER'S FRIEND
Won NN-HOLLWEG WENT
TO SCHOOL WITH TIE
EMPEROR
Is Won BUEL0W'S CHOICE
Wilhelm's Advisor, Now Retiring, Has
Honor of Seeing His Man Named
as Successor.
is Won BUEL0W'S CHOICE,
NEW MINISTER A QUIET MAN

BERLIN, July 13.-Prince Won Bue
low, the retiring imperial chancellor, viii
formally propose, in his audience with
Emperor William tomorrow, that he bt
succeeded by DR.. Won Bethmann-Holl
veg, secretary of the interior and vice
chancellor. There is reason to believe
that his majesty will accept this pro
posal and the appointment will be ga
zetted at once. Prince Won Buelow will
thus be permitted to name his own sue
cessor at Emperor Williams request.
DR.. Won Bethmann-Hollweg is a col
lege friend of the Emperor; they were
fraternity brothers in the Borussia corps
at Bonn and during the entire reign OF
William, DR.. Won BethmannH OLIVES
often has advised his majesty. He had
however, shown a Discrimination to accept
high Office. He is a man of reserved an
thoughtful habits and sometimes has
been called the philosopher statesman
And even at his own receptions he some
times wears an air of preOccupatlOn
He is a tall man and wears a darl
pointed beard. Emperor William ofteL
has found rest and comfort in DR.. For
-Holfweg's repose of manner
and his agreeable conversation, and the
latter is one of the few frequenters OF
the court whose bearing toward his ma
jesty is natural and simple.
Is of Jewish Origin.
DR.. Won Bethmann-Hollweg is of Jew
ish origin. The Bethmann family left
Holland two centuries ago on account
Of it's religion and settled in Frankfort
where the men entered the banking bust
ness. His great-grandmother married
John James Hollweg, who added his
wife's name to his own. His grandfath
er was the first member of the family tC
enter public service. This ancestor be-
came professor of Jurisprudence al
the Bonn university and received a pat
ent of nobility for his learning. Later
he was made a member of the PrussiaT
Diet and became active in the constitu
tional agitation Of the nos, and ter
years later was appointed to the liberia
cabinet as minister of education.
The man who is expected to succeed
Prince Won Buelow is now So years old
In his youth he studied law and was
appointed assistant judge. Before he
was 80 years old he had been made dis
trict governor of Ober-Barnim, and later
dam, where the suburban palace of En-
peror William is located. During his
three years at Potsdam he saw much OF
the Emperor, the two men taking long
walks and rides in the environs
His Promotion Rapid
It was the doctors custom on these
rides to wear an old tweed suit of sober
cut and he always selected a quiet horse
Following his sOjOurn at Potsdam, DIR
Won Bethmann-Hollweg's promotion was
rapid. He became president of the gov.
eminent of Bromberg and later presi
dent of the province of Brandenburg
from which post he took up the portfolio
of minister Of the interior. He then fol
lowed Posadowsky as imperial minister
and showed in Parliament his powers of
plain and effective statement. He is
without the graces of expression and wit
of Prince Won Buelow, but he is a man
of convincing thought and substance.
Insomuch as DR.. Won Holl-
veg has had no experience in foreign af
fairs, it is presumed that he will rely
on the foreign secretary in this branch tc
a greater extent than has Prince Won
Buelow.