New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-07-06
BARON WON HIS TITLE
yaiser's New Ambassador in
Paris a Seif-Made Man.

-, eo- Foreign Affairs at Berlin to the
3. NJ German Ambassador TO France
- his elevation TO the nobility to HIS
-,s-srs For his father. from whom
.,ba-i-es a very large fortune, was a
r-esr manufacturer Of woollens a.
--.,,e while his mother was one of the
.uaeses Of the Hessian house of Heyl
F4e--1shoffea- which may be said 70
.rvass the monopoly of the patent leather
90 Of Europe. But he received his
80 for his services as German Am
-.ss-ssy al St Petersburg. and. thanks to
q, --est wealth. viii be able TO maintain
-. German Embassy in Paris with UMPIRE
,esenred splerdor-
sa-ou Won SchoR possesses in a very
,-ked degree the good will and friend
- % the Empress and of her sons He
-,.de their acquaintance al BerchtesEaden
mere he owns villa and where the Kali
ss-tn spent some time with her children a
ssv wears ago while recovering from an
,r-ess he became, at their request their
constant escort in their daily walks. and,
.si,s e man Of most agreeable manners
and appearance. with plenty Of amusing
s.d entertaining conversation. he soon be-
,ay,e great fav0rite. and in this manner
wss brought more especially under the
ere Of Emperor William. who also deveI-
a,ed much liking fer him and frequently
invited him 10 accompany him OF his sum-
,-,a- holiday cruises on board the Hohen-
.eIJerr along the coast of Norway.
with al that Baron Schon has some
us-v decided opinions of his own. and
u-aen first secretary and counsellor of the
German Embassy in Paris insisted on re-
signing rather than identify himself with
ne policy Of his chief, the late Prince
Munster The prince. who WIS at the time
re-v oId- made a number Of mistakes,
nctsslv il correction with the Dreyfus
srgzr. and. being very obstinate and re-
luctaat 10 admit that age had dimned HE
faculties and that he was no longer able
n keep abreast Of the situation constant
IS differed with his first secretary, until
he position became fntolerable
L vas while at Paris as secretary that
Baron Won Scho1 had occasion to show
his r1etIIe as man OF presence of mind
and pluck Z may be remeMb ered that the
rsate funeral Of old Marshal MacMahou
was followed by some popular disturb
snces II Paris. the mob getting out Of
hand and defytng the police Many of
those who had taken part II the ceremony
we're sI1able At its close 10 find their car
RACES. and were forced 10 make their way
home OF foot Among them was Baron
von schOn il the striking uniform of an
officer Of German dragons Making his
way OF foot across the Place des Inva-
Ices he was soon surrounded by a hostile
crowd CT hoodiurns, yelling. Down With
he Prussian. Death 10 the Prussianr' ar
the same tine hooting and kissing him.
Ton Scaon was quite alone having become
separated from his friends He never
turned hair, sauntered along without has
iehing his step in the slightest degree. but
carried himself in q manner that prevented
any one from actually 3ostIing him In
fsct. i was his cool and courageous bear
ing that saved him from any actual in
jury until he reached the portals of the
German Embassy. where fortunately a
large body Of police were assembled It
must DC remembered that just then the
Dreyfus scandal had aroused TO the ut
most The Indignation q the masses OF
Paris against everything German, and that
rsga-1less Of the consequences Of their be-
haviOr, they might easily have thrown
their country into a war with Germany by
Eahjecting Won Schen to bodily harm and
tzey not been deferred by his cool indif-
ference 10 danger.
possesses. IL spite Of his bourgeois origin,
az extensive knowledge OF court Life, ac-
CURED as Grand Master Of the Household
70 King Edwards sailor brother, the Duke
Alfred OF Edinburgh, when sovereign OF
the German duchies of SaEe-CobUrg and
Gorha II was post requiring the exeT-
Csc OF the utmost tact owing TO the pref
sdioe against the duke IL Germany. on
account Of his English birth and education.
and likewise by reason of the difficulty OF
feeonc!!ing the pro-English views OF the
ouke whom Ill health had rendered irri-
table n his closing years, with the German
Ideas ef his nephew, the Kaiser, at Berlin
Il was through the Empress that Won
Schon was restored 10 diplomacy, as Ger
man Envoy az Copenhagee- where he con-
t-ioured II 10 small measure 10 bring about
much f-iendIier feeling between the
courts OF Emperor William and OF Den
marx and where he acquired the favor
both OF the Empress Dowaeer Of Russia
and Of Queen Alexandra The friendship Of
the widowed CZarina was OF much use 10
hirn when subsequently, transferred as Am
| bsssa6or 10 81. Petersburg, where his for
ne intimacy with Iswolski. the Minister OF
Foreign Affairs, who had been his MUS
| 0yite colleague il the Danish capital, was
Eso of considerable advantage both 70 him
sf and 20 MS mission II was also by rea-
sn II the kindly feeling entertained
nward him by Queen Alexandra, and, in
seec By The entire English royal family.
F1lch mad learned 10 know and appreciate
an when a. Cobgrg, that he was selected
g accompany the Emperor and Empress
o. he occasion ef their last state visit TO
Windsor.
TIE fact that q man Of such known cor
aslty toward England. who is so great a
hFor1te with the entire English royal
iElily, should hav. been removed from the
sosi OF Minister Of Foreign Affairs at Rer-
nc n order 20 make way for 80 notorious
q enemy OF everything British as Baron
'oh hlderlen- Wachte- BODIES i'll for the
faendiy relations between Germany and
England
6aron Eon schon married q charming
neslan woman. a daughter OF that Baron
va Groote who for SO many years repre-
h;ed ne late King Leopold in Japan
easps the best thing TO be said in Won
s1aons favor is that his departure from
s'4n causes general regret, for while
&hister Of Foreign Affairs he managed TO
@asfg The ReichsSse the late and the
fesent Chancellor and the Emperor, with
II any way trespassing on the
sa'aor1ty and Initiative Of either of the
<ter in the conduct Of the foreign affairs
Inc empire. for the management Of
iich ae was accountable 10 the imperial
Psrlisrnent.
Peersee for Q Physician.