New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-23

ship. must be regarded as ano'hei
nificant step in series of overtureS' pr
vate and official, between those TWO coun-
fries for their mutual good. Especially
significant TO the same effect. II Is
thought. is the transfer of Baron Mar
schall Won Rieberstein from the German
Embassy at Constantinople to that AT
Iondon Concerning this there have been
many speculations. some or whlch are
doubtless Idle and fantastic, but 1t Is M
ficuIt TO avoid the conviction that IL Is oi
great import to the two powers con
cerned. and probably to the whole Oh
Turope. This Is indicated by the charac-
for of the man and Of the work when De
has performed and by the relations De-
tween Germany and the other two powers
that from which he is taken ana 'ha'
to which he is sent
Baron Marschal Won Bieberstelll j.
ranked az one of the ablest dlplomat'S's
of his day. Germans commonly resa'"
him as their ablest since BISMARCK
vbose successor he is in more than ole
respect. Certainly his achievements at
Constantinople have been great. lie mas
been there fifteen years and Is Jus'i!
TO be credited with the diplomatic trl-
umphs which have made and are keeping
Germany so easily the dominant power
i'm that part OF the world. In finan'e
and commerce and industrial CONCESSIONS
I'm the Turkish Empire it is hardly an
pxaggeration to say that because OF HIS
mission Germany has become first ana
there is no second. 1t Is not reaSonanle
to suppose that such man would De
withdrawn from such a scene OF service
without good cause. The question Is
what that cause may he. 1t can scarcely
he that the work he has been doing Is
finished and that Constantinople is NJ
longer a place of sufficient Importance to
warrant keeping him there. The occur
rences of the last few months have maze
the Turkish capital more important. Dip
lomatically. than before. The end OF the
war with Italy is not yet disccrnibIe'
nor are the widely extending compllca-
tons which may arise from 1t. The III
tegrity and continuance of the Turkish
Empire itself may be at stake, with a'l
the vast interests of Germany therein
Surely it would seem that to guard those
interests at such an ominOus ana peril
ous coniunCture of affairs might well
command the attention Of Germany 5
abest diplomat.
The only reasonable justification for
withdrawing him must be that there are
even more important interests to ne
served elsewhere namely, al the court
to which he is about 10 he accredited.
The British court is second to none IN
dignity and Importance, but in recent
years there has been a comparative
dearth Of diplomatic business between
England and Germany. The appointment
Of Baron Marschall Won BieberStem 10
London is therefore not unnaturally In
terpreted by many as forecastlng rad
ical change in Anglo German relations,
with a marked increase Of diplomatic ac-
tivity between the two powers. Possibly
there was some intimation Of this III
Lord Haldane's recent visit Ia Berlin. At
any rate. there will he much interested
watching for the results Of this appoinr
ment. which puts into the German En-
bassy at London the masterful diplomat
who was Foreign Secretary AT the Will
helmstrasse when the Kaiser sent has
famous message 10 loom Paul who de
clared in the Reichstag that Germany
was vitality interested in maintaining tn"
independence Of the Boer republics and
who was believed 70 have planned tue
seizure of Rhodesis for Germany \
powerful man. a German Of the Germans,
and yet not an enemy OF England, his
advent at Carltonhouse Terrace may
mark the beginning OF new chapter In
nglo-German affairs.