Evening star., 1909-07-13
TO NAME SUCCESSOR
Prince Won BueIoW Accorded
Unusual Honor.
WANTS BETHMAN- VEG
Will Propose Name of Secretary of
Interior for Chancellor.
WILL SEE KAISER TOMORROW
IF S,1rcestion Not Accenfa h1e Ont.
WANTS BETHMAN-H0 VEG
WILL SEE KAISER TOMORROW
If Suggestion Not Acceptable Out
going Premier Will Be Allowed
to Choose a Second Time.

BERLIN, July 13.-Prince Won Buelow,
the retiring imperial chancellor. will
formally propose. in his audience with
Emperor William tomorrow, that he be
succeeded by DR.. Won Bethman- Hollweg,
secretary of the interior and vice chan
cellor. There is reason to believe that
his majesty will accept this proposal. and
that the appointment will be gazetted at
once.
Prince Won Buelow will thus be permit
ted to name his own successor. Emper-
or William requested him at Kiel to do
so. In the remote contingency that his
majesty does not accept DR.. Won Beth
man-Hollweg. Prince Buelow will be
permitted another suggestion.
College Mate of Kaiser.
DR.. Won Bethman-Hollwag is a college
friend of the emperor; they were fraterni-
ty brothers in the Borussia Corps at
Bonn. and during the entire reign of
William DR.. Won BethmanH HollWeg
often has advised his majesty He had,
however, shown a disinclination to ac-
cept high office. He is a man of reserved
and thoughtful habits. and sometimes has
been called the philosopher statesman"
Even at his own receptions he some
times wears an air Of preoccupaton. He
is tall man and wears a dark, pointed
beard.
Emperor William often has found rest
and comfort in DR.. Won Bethmann-Holl-
weg'S repose of manner and his agreea-
BILE conversation. The latter is one of
the few frequenters of the court whose
bearing toward the kaiser is natural and
simple.
Dr. Won Bethmann-Hollweg is of Jew
ish origin. The Bethmann family left
Holland two centuries ago on account of
its religion and settled In Frankfort,
where the men entered the banking busi-
ness. His great grandmother married Don
James Hollweg, who added his wife s
name to his own.
Grandfather in Public Service.
His grandfather was the first member
of the family to enter public service. This
ancestor became professor of jurispru-
dence at the Bonn University and re-
ceived a patent of nobility Tor his learn
ing. Later he was made a member of
the Prussian diet and became active in
the constitutional agitation of the 4Os
and ten years later was appointed to the
liberal cabinet al minister of education.
The man who is expected to succeed
Prince Won Buelow is now fifty-three
years old. In his youth he studied law
and was appointed assistant Judge Be
1oIc lie was Unity years lie na0 Deen
made district governor of Ober-Barnim
Later he became provincial president of
Potsdam, where the suburban palace of
Emperor William is located. During his
three years at Potsdam he saw much of
the emperor. The men took long walks
and rides in the envrons
1t was the doctors custom on these
rides to wear an old tweed suit of sober
cut. He always selected a quiet horse.
Rapid Advancement.
Following his sojourn at Potsdam DR..
Won Bethmann-Hol Hollweg's promotion was
rapid. He became president of the gov
ernment at Bromberg and president of The
province of Brandenburg. and later from
this post he took up the portfolio of
Prussian minister of the interior.
He then followed Posadowsky as i'm
perial minister, and showed in parliament
his powers of plain and effective state
ment. He is without the grace of express
sion and wit of Prince Won Buelow but
he is a man of convincing thought and
substance.
Insomuch as DR.. Won Bethmann- Holl-
veg has had no experience in foreign af-
fairs. it is presumed that he will rely on
the foreign secretary in this branch to
greater extent than has Prince Won Bue-
low,