The Washington herald., 1912-09-03

80lI6cQ 68IOu AAI8Cu4n soA <st~*s@s - -
as German Ambassador to Ccnstanti'
nople.
Baron Won wangenheim 10 the logical
successor Of won Biebersteln at the seal
Of the Turkish government. for he yaf
that diplomats right hand ass counselor
Of the German Embassy at Constanti-
nople. He IL very shrewd, energetic, pos
sesses nerves as strong as the tackle
OF a vessel and IL q living example that
one may achieve success even as di.
plomatist without being bucked and
showed ahead by a protector.
His father was a simple forester in the
service Of the Duke Of Saxe-Coburg-
Gotha. and after leaving college he en-
tered a cavalry regiment In the prov.
inces. firing of the humdrum life. he
applied to be permitted to enter the d.
plomatic service. and met with almost
unprecedented success. He was born In
1853. the same year that produced the
Kaiser and his fifth Chancellor.
The former Freifrau Won wangenheim
who had formed another attachment. did
not propose to waste her days In mourn
ing over the loss of her stalwart guards
man and diplomat, whom she did moi
love. Within a few months after she
had regained her freedom. she was mar.
ried to Count woldemar Won ExcuIl.
Gyllenband. q lieutenant in the Wuert.
temberg army. and incidentally the very
same man with whom her first husband
had fought severe duel.
Herr Won wangenheim also is married
again. The present Baroness is for.
mer Miss Johanna Hugo Won Spitzem.
berg, whose mother, since the death oi
her husband. In 1880 in Berlin, where he
had been stationed as Wuerttemberg's
envoy to the Court of Prussia, has been
a resident OF that city. and was counted
among the most intimate friends of the
House OF Bismarck.
But how about Baron Won Kinderlen
Waechter, who had looked upon the
Turkish Enthusiastically as his ''buen
retire." as the time IL not far of wher
there will be q new foreign secretary In
the Wilhelmstrasse?
No doubt that Herr Won wangenhein
has learned a great deal from his able
master, Won Bieberstein. and will do
justice to the choice Of the Kaiser al
successor Of the septuagenarian whom
he had picked for the most important
place In his gift to please his aunt. tht
Dowager Grand Duchess Of Baden, who
has been that diplomats good star fol-
many years. when he still was a mem
Der Of the judiciary Of his native coun.
try. little Baden.
In fact, the powerful influence Of the
grand ducal family OF Baden In behalf
Of Won Bieberstein began to NANTES,
Itself early. Perhaps because. though
poor, he belongs to what is called ir
Germany der Uradel.," his pedigre.
reaching as far back as 12l5. This sams
influence made him Prussian minister Of
foreign affairs, but somehow Marschal
Won Bieberstein did not understand it. q
make himself persona grata" with the
r. Ia,
reign of his Inflated father, ''Unser
Fitz." had come to an abrupt end Al
his death at the Charlottenburg schloss
In sight Of the mausolem Of his grand.
father and the immortal Queen Louise.
In those days ore of the Kaisers most
intimate friends was Count Qater Prince
Philip zu Eulenburg. who was promoted
SO rapidly by his imperial chum thai
soon he achieved the blue ribbon OF tn.
German diplomatic service-the Vienna
post-and with whom the chronique scan,
daluese has been busy for years. Eulen.
burg may have been a butterfly. but ht
did not keep his weather eye closed He
was after the chancellorship, and he
well knew that there was one man be.
tween him and his goal-Marschall vor
Bieberstein. who had proved himself &c
be SO valuable and able that he easily
outdistanced competition. Hence the
best thing to do, in the estimation oi
the willy prince. was to dig q pitfall fol
the unsuspecting Bieberstein. This he
set about to do-to his everlasting sor.
row, as events turned out.
Herr Won Tausch. the chief OF the
Kaiser's secret police. This was the
man whom Prince Eulenburg picked out
as fit to carry out his plans. An agent
OF Tausch, Baron Won Luetzow, became
involved in some questionable proceed.
ings. A trial followed. and II was dur
ing the course thereof that Won Luetzow
had let slip that Col. Won Tausch and
himself had casually been EN-
ployed" in watching Baron Marschall
Won Bieberstein. with view TO finding
him in some manner at fault, and thus
to bring about his downfall.
There was produced at that trial a
letter marked personal and oonfiden-
tiaP' written by Col. Won Tausch to
Prince Won Eulenburg. How deeply
shocked the audience was when so fatal
phrase as the following was read
aloud:
Il think I have now brought about
coup that will do for the Bieberstein
in the Emperor's eyes"
Bieberstein demanded that he should
be allowed to have a few words to say
in its defense. aid consequently he
came into the trial as a witness. He
declared that, inasmuch as he could not
carry on his duties Of Minister of For
eign Affairs for country that did not
seem to trust him he would be glad to
be relieved of such functions.
His speech on that occasion was a
forceful and delicate piece of oratory,
for he succeeded in slipping the thinnest
OF gilt headed needles wherever they
would do the most good. and so wittily
did he hint that really he could not ask
for protection against Col. Won Tausch.
his titled or untitled myromidons, or
any other creature who might find a per-
sonal benefit in delving into his actions,
he nearly brought the house down. Even
France applauded the speech.
1t Is needless to say that the "resigna-
ton" Of Col Won Tausch followed with
thunderbolt rapidly.
Emperor William, exasperated by the
unseemly conduct of Won Tausch and
others, was ready to vent his i'll temper
on the first person that came to hand,
and 1t Is still whispered with gusto in
Berlin that, as misfortune would have II,
this unlucky person was Bieberstein him
self. bent on explaining his thoughts to
somebody in clear German.
There were doings, a little swordplay
Of words. with bitter smiles from both
parties, and a few grains of pepper. The
air was very blue" But the Kaiser was
too clever a man not to recognize that
Baron Won Bieberstein had won popular
confidence by his boldness of speech,
and that henceforth he was made man.
1t all ended by the Sovereign dispatch
ing Bieberstein to Constantinople as his