The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-04
NY la MARoUIsE DE FON1ENoY.

Hf LA MARaUlsE DE IONIENoi.
N WAECHTER. who has just been
~ appointed Minister of Foreign
Affairs. in the place OF Baron
Schoen (who takes the place OF Prince
Radolin as ambassador in Paris). IL
one of the ablest men of the German
diplomatic service. but. is justly re-
garded at the court of St James as
Great Britain, so that his nomination
as Foreign Minister BODIES Ill for tho
relations between Germany and Eng
land.
Although one of the best-known
men of the immediate encourage of
the Kaiser. he has on several occa-
sions incurred his displeasure. the last
time being when he took upon him
self TO urge his sovereign to be moro
cautious and reserved than he was In
his dealings with his English relatives
and friends at the time of his last
state visit with the Empress TO Wind
sor, which was followed by stay
of several weeks at Highcliffe. The
Emperor was at the time more than
usually we'll disposed towards every
thing English. in fact. quite enthusi.
astic, and he not only dsapprored of
Kiderlen- Waechter's advice. but more
over resented it as piece OF pre-
sumption
On another occasion Kiderlen-
Waechters peculiar domestic relations
at Bucharest. where he was minister
plenipotcntiary. became the subject OF
Sood deal OIL unpleasant He"spapes
| publicity, and once more put him,
| in the bad graces of the Kaiser. and
especially OF the Empress. He sener,
ally, however. manages TO recover dost
fact of the matter is that he Is very
| witty, very amusing and up TO all
sorts of pranks and Jokes. even though
he is in the neighborhood of sixty. He
| is the life and soul OF the lSaisers
annual yachting parties, and his un-
| failing humor, his antics and his IN
imitable talent for mimicry keep every
body, even the sailors of the Hohenzol-
lern, in continued roars of laughter.
1t is on this account that he Is known
in the imperial circle by the nickname
! OF August" that being the sobriuuet
given to the clowns belonging TO the
variety shows and clrcuses all over
| Continental Europe.
He is. however, extremely sensitive
to newspaper criticism. and OH one
occasion, when he had been charged
by, Berlin newspaper with having nj
taken advantage Of tho imperial ia,
vor, won by mimicry and practical
| joking, to foster the irritation OF En-
peror William against his old chief,
ex-Chancellor Bismarck, and TO STAND
with Baron Holstein and Prince Eu-
lenburg in the way of any recon
Citation between the two, he chal-
lenged the editor to duel and lodgz
ed a bullet through the shoulder OF
the knight of the quill
For this escapade Kiderlen-Wae
ter. who was at the time German
envoy at the court Of oldenburs. was
condemned to three months impr1son-
ment in a fortress, duelinE being tor-
hidden by German law. Ills lncarce-
ration in the fortress Of Ehrenbreit-
STEM on the Rhine, was absolutely un-
l precedented. Ambassadors and ENJOYS
are on record as having been lmprls-
oned by sovereigns to whose courts
they were accredited, in defiance Q!
/. all the laws of international right, pu'
& this was the first occasion Of GOV,
u failing one of its own ENJOYS, without
even relieving him Of his office. For
: tunately the Grand Duke OF Olden-
burg is a general of the German army
and as such was disposed to REGARD
with the utmost leniency the oiIense
at his court was imprisoned lie real.
lied that the envoy had no alternaltl,v.
but to fight, in obedience to the ethlcs
governing officers and society, althouSi
opposed to the laws Of the land. Dur.
Ing the envoy's detention. Prussla wa
! d'affaires, and as soon as Kiderlen,
Naechter had completed his time. y,
was welcomed back by the grand
duke at oldenburg, Just as II nothi'lt
|. had happened,
During all the time that klderlen
i Waechter has been German minister a
bucharest and on the many occasions
t when Sc replaced Baron Marsehal Nol
Biebersteln at the embassy az con
; stantinople for months togetller, ~
, rolicy has been always actively ahti
), IEnglish,. Indeed, he was perhaps on
the NEST VIGOROUS r,s opp9nen ana /,
!. the southeast Of Europe, Therefore. ~
coming to the Wilhelmstrasse at Der
!. lin as Foreign Minister 10 reRarae'