The Washington herald., 1913-02-12
GOSSIP OF PARTS OF EUROPE
NOW IN THE PUBLIC EYE

called his own while a sedate lord Of the
! manor in sedate old England.
Herr Zimmerman, whom the Kaiser
! favors as successor to the late Baron
Won Kinderlen-W Waechter az his foreign
secretary, entered the German foreign
Office in 1888 as a legal assistant. Later
| he was sent to Shanghai as German vice
consul, then as consul to Canton, and
| finally in the same capacity to Tientsin.
In 1902 he was back In Berlin as an as
sistant in the second division of the
| foreign Office. His advancement was
rapid. In 1910 he was made director of
the political department. and In 1911 he
! took up the position he now relinquishes
to succeed Herr Won Kinderlen- Waechter.
He has been very little in the public eye,
his duties having been severely official
and tending to keep him out OF the lime
light. He nevertheless has the repu-
tation of being an extremely able man.
When the late foreign secretary took
! Office two and a half years ago his ap-
pointment was regarded as something
of a joke. There are Incidents in his
! early career which were lacking in dig
nifty. His association with Herr Won
Holstein and the notorious Prince Philip
Zu Eulenburg was more for purposes of
pleasure. than anything else, and when
! Ine Inree ITlenOS turned from the
:oysters and dumplings," which they
were said to have enjoyed at Borchardt's,
! il was to engage in intrigue against Bis
marck, the man under whose regime Won
Klnderlen-Waechter entered the diplO-
matte service.
Probably the outstanding incident in
his career at the foreign office was his
conduct Of the Morocco negotiations with
]
Iieve that the Agadir incident was Kinder
len-Waecnter's own initiative, and that
he insisted on his plan in spite OF the
opposition OF the chancellor. To his credit
II must be said that during the CONVEX
sations with NJ. Cambon in Berlin. when
! feeling in Berlin and Paris was often
near the boiling point, the German for
| eign secretary displayed the utmost
courtesy to his antagonist. and was ever
ready TO meet him half way in conces-
| sion and conciliation.
Decended from an old Wurtemberg
family, which was enobled in 1868, he
Joined the army as a volunteer. and
| fought through the French war, after
ward entering the diplomatic service.
AS attache in st. Petersburg and Paris he
! obtained an insight into high politics.
and after a short sojourn In CONSTANT
nople. as first secretary, he was trans
ferred to Berlin, where he was placed
in charge OF the political department at
the foreign office.
In a short time he was moved to Ham
burg and afterward to Copenhagen, where
he remained until 1890. In that year he
was appointed to the important post at
| Bucharest in RoUmania, which he filled
until called on to succeed Herr Won
Schoen at the foreign office. While the
late Baron Marschall Won Bieberstein.
late Ambassador at COnstantinople. was
absent at the Hague conference, the
Kaiser selected Won Observation-Disclosures
to represent Germany at the sublime
Porte.
Early in his reign, the kaiser was at
tracted TO him. something like intimacy
spring up between the two men. Won
Kinderlen- Waechter always was a well
come guest at court where his racy
stories. delivered in strong South Ger
man accent kept the imperial table in 4
roar. on more than one occasion the
sing diplomat accompanied the Kaiser
on his Norwegian tours There are stories
afioat about squabbles between the Kaiser
and his friend, but none Of them is quite
authentic. ani It is safe to assume that
the late foreign secretary had his mon
arCh's complete confidence, and occupied
the strongest position in the cabinet.
Perhaps Herr Won Einderlen-Waechter' S
one misfortune was to have known Bis
marck. and TO have wished to initiate
him at any cost, even outwardly. He
had the beer glass. the pipe. the dog.
He had the rough speech and abrupt ges-
lures. and doubtless his temperament
Persons closely acquainted with him di-
vined and often declared that he had
his eyes fixed upon his model.
According to present arrangements,
there will be four ordinary courts during
the season in England. Two Of these
will be held before Easter. and two after
the Whitsuntide holidays. II is most
likely that one Of the latter courts will
be fixed for May % or 30, and the other
for June s. King George will hold two
levees before Easter in the throne room
of St James Palace, the first of which
will be attended by the whole of the
corps diplomatlque. There will be two
levees possibly threeD later in the sea-
son. and most likely the last one OF the
season Will be on Monday. June .
The first palace ceremonial Of this year
will be the annual diplomatic and off,
cial court. which is TO be held by their
majesties in the ballroom OF Buckingham
Palace on Friday. February T. All the
ambassadors and other chefs de mission