Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-11-03

organization and leadership, he gave
it new life.
Field Marshal Baron Won der GoltZ,
inspector general of the second army
inspection, so generally considered by
high army officers in Germany as the
greatest of the kaiser's commanders
and strategists. 1t was while he was
commanding the German troops on
the Russian frontier that he laid the
foundation for his great reputation,
and it is probable that he will be
found in supreme command of the
operations against Russia. Ever since
the Balkan war the German staff has
been aware that the inevitable war
with France and Russia, Germany
could depend but little upon Austrian
help. The s260,0O0,O00 recently
raised was for the purpose of
strengthening the German forces on
the Russian frontier, and it has been
Won der Goltz who has had charge of
that work.
Marshal Won der Goltz.
Won der Goltz will be best remem-
bered by the world outside Germany
as the man who reorganized the Turk
ish army Any one who knows any
thing of the real conditions that sur
rounded his efforts to whip the army
Of Abdul Hamid into shape, will
agree that he accomplished almost
miracle. Since the Balkan war there
has been a disposition on the part of
poorly informed experts" to write
Won der Goltz down as a failure. He
has for years fought for the belief
that Germany should be self-con-
tanned in military sense and should
be prepared to fight any possible COM
bination Of forces without the as
sistance of an ally.
Despite the fact that Prince Bern
hard Won Buelow, since his resigna-
ton Of the imperial chancellorship,
more than five years ago, has been
little in the public eye, largely
through his own choice, he is far and
away the most astute diplomatist in
Germany. Six months of every year
he spends with his Italian wife in
their beautiful villa near Rome, and
he has persistently refused to be in
terviewed on any national or inter-
national subject. Now that the faith
erland is in trouble, he, one of the
most trusted of the kaisers advisers,
will rally to his support.
Won Buelow, because of his natural
ability and an exceptional experience,
probably understands more about the
main currents of European diplo-
macy than any living German. He
served as ambassador or minister to
st. Petersburg, Paris, Rome and
Bucharest before taking up the reins
of the chancellery. He is a man of
the world before all else; a wonder
full master of men and diplomat in
understands to the full the motives
and considerations that move men to
action.
1t was Won Buelow, of course, who
was German chancellor when the
kaiser visited Tangier and thereby
brought on the Moroccan crisis. 1t
was Won Buelow who inflicted upon
France then the worst humiliation of
her recent history, and on the day
when Delcasse, unable to break up his
protests by force, resigned from the
French foreign office, the kaiser made
his chancellor a prince of Prussia.
Nations Foreign Secretary.
There is probably no office in the
German government more coveted
than that of foreign secretary. In
most cases it proves too big a job for
its occupant and has been the grave
yard of more than one reputation.
Won Jagow. the present foreign secre-
tary, succeeded Won Kinderlen-Weach-
ter, man who proved too big for the
job. 1t has often been said that the
kaiser is his own chancellor and for
eign secretary, and it could never
have been said with greater truth
than at the present moment.
German foreign secretaries are usu-
ally judged by the amount of terri
tory they add to the German empire.
Submitted to that test, Won Jagow has
been a complete failure, but those
who have any acquaintance with di-
plomatic affairs in Germany, know
that he has proved eminently salts
factory to the kaiser.
Won Jagow came to the foreign Of
flee with very little experience. The
only ambaSsadorship which stands to
his credit is that at Rome. However,
he represented German in the Italian
capital with conspicuous ability. 1t
was distinctly to his credit that during
the crisis brought on by the annex
alton of Bosnia Herzegovina by
Austria Hungary, he held Italy, the
third party to the triple alliance.
steadfastly true to the two German
partners.
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the chancellorship, DR.. Theobald Won
Bethmann-Hollweg has also fitted in
with the kaiser's well known ideas
as to his proper place in the German
system of government. All who know
Won Bethmann, as he is generally
called, agree that he is a man Of
high character. When he speaks in
the Reichstag or in public he domi-
mates his audience by his straight
forwardness and transparent honesty.
but il could never be said that he
were capable of carrying his hearers
off their feet, as did Prince Buelow.
Bethmann- -Holweg's chief triumphs
as imperial chancellor have been in
the realms of local government and
domestic administration. On the few
occasions on which he has been call
ed upon by the kaiser to lend a hand
in the larger affairs of international
policies he has not shone.
Germany's remarkable commercial
development during the last 80 years