The Washington herald., 1912-10-07

toe Aeloef hao good cause TO c0n8foSu.
late himself upon the successful carrying
out Of his foreign policy. with regard to
Great Britain when he sent his most
astutc diplomat. Baron Adolf MarschaIl
Won Bisberstsin. to represent Germany
at the court Of King George. and to-day
al the kaiser's plans In this respect
have been shattered. for Herr Won Biebsr-
stein is dead-hs dying suddenly at .
resort In his native Baden. whittier he
had repaired for rest.
Germany to-day can boast Of no such
astute politician. nor tactful and success
full . diplomat. AZ was the late states
man, and 1t will puzzle Emperor Wilhelm
sorely to find a suitable successor. with
the right understanding. capability. and
tact required for the delicate mission
mapped out for his envoy At London In
the face Of an anti-German feeling. fed
by the lingo rtess. that will not down.
despite the Kaiser's oft-reiterated public
declaration that every one Of his actions
toward England during the twenty-four
years Of his reign ought to be ample
peace that was not to be disturbed %
long as he was on the throne.
Prince Metternich. the predecessor OF
Won Bieberstein-a man well on In yearD
loved his books and his well-earned
rest too well to be the man to carry out
the Kaiser's asgressively friendly pol
icy. During his incumbency the German
embassy was rarely II ever a gathering
place Of court and high life. The repre-
sentative Of a great power almost came
to be overlooked. owing to his desire for
solitude. and all this had to be changed.
for the Kaiser was determined to show
the world. and especially England. that
he and his policy were misjudged. that
he got no square deal"
But where to fnd the man? Germany
OF to-day. having changed from war
like to a commercial. Industrial. and
colonizing country. has not the galaxy
Of statesmen to choose from as in the
days OF Bismarck. The empire. not be-
ing in need Of them. did not beget them.
At least. the Emperor's mind reverted
to his tried plenipotentiary at the Sub
lime Porte. Bieberstein. the man who
had made good in a most dimcult
mission. who had succeeded In gaining
for Germany the most favored position
in the Ottoman empire. with all the ben
efits accruing therefrom: the man who.
though beginning his career as q coun-
try court judge in the grand duchy OF
Baden, had raised himself by his Iron
will ceaseless energy, and capability Tor
hard work to the position Of foreign
secretary of the empire: the man, IN
short who. upon one occasion. when at
tached. made his position clear to MS
imperial master in such unmistakable
words that the Kaiser changed from n
skeptic to his firm friend. and has re-
mained such to the end.
The Kaiser has to start all over again.
But where. among his numerous states
men is a second Bieberstein? Baron Won
Kinderlen- waechter. the present German
Foreign Secretary. may have chlnce
but the policy accredited to him in the
Morocco (Agadir) case was anything
but pleasing to Downing Street. even II
he were a diplomatic giant like Bieber-
stein, which It may be emphatically de-
clared, he is not. Then. one hears now
and then the name of ''our own" Count
Johnny" Bernstorn mentioned. who
has won golden opinions since his So
journ IN our midst as German Ambassa-
dor. True, his late father for years was
the German envoy at London. and Count
John was born there and received
thorough English education. But while
this may count for something. while even
1t would go a great ways toward obtain
ing this highest-and most difficult-of
all foreign missions for him. he lacks
one thing that outwelghs all the rest
experience Most OF the Count Bern
storff's foreign missions were not Of a
leading character. nor was he accredt-
ed to leading nations. Before coming
here he was merely German consul gen.
eral at Cairo, Egypt. Being OF old.
well-seasoned diplomatic stock. also a
scion Of the "Deutsche UradeL" and last
HI, having American wife
who is persona grata with the ortho-
dox Empress. as he himself is with the
Kaiser. he superseded others in the Ger
man foreign service. and was made an
ambassador and given an easy berth
here. II would not be a matter for sur
prise to see Count Bernstorn transferred
to 50 extremely difficult a position as
that Of German peacemaker in England.
Judging from the only document ex-
tant written by Napoleon in English,
his knowledge OF the language was GER
tainly not extensive enough for palm
drome-making. This is a letter to Count
Las Casas dated "the seven March
thursday. 1876" which runs: Since sixt
week learn the English and ! do not
any progress. Six weeks do fourty and
two day. II might have learn fivty work
for day / could not know II two thou
sands and two hundred. 1t is in the die
tionary more Of fourtv thousand.
After this you shall agree that to study
one tongue is a great labour who it must
do in the young aged"
The felicitous palindrome-the word or
phrase that can be read both ways-has
seldom had a better instance than that
suggested by the Latin line-I forget
where it was first seen. but 1t Is a cor
rect hexameter:
"Omnia vici olim. verte, ct nunc omnia
vinco.'
OF which this swift rendering may be
made: was alI-conquerer once; reverse
me. I still conquer all things. And the
answer to that ingenious riddle Is the
word Roma-which. read backwards
WELL you know that ''amor" is the Latin
for love.
Palindromes are scarce In English. In
fact. one authority has asserted that only
cne perfect example exists. But there is
a third and longer specimen to be added
tc those already quoted. Dog as a devil
deified, deified lived as a god." is up to
GATE the longest palindrome received. 1t Is
a line of verse; 1t has a furious mean
ing-whch may be read either way.
The Jezreelites Of Gillingham. In Eng