The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1914-10-02

fairs has been placed in new hands.
Herr Gottlieb Won JagOw was summon
ed from the ambaSSadorship in Rome
at the beginning of 1913 to become the
| successor of the late Herr Won Kider-
len-Waechter as the nomina director
Of the fatherland's external relations
nominal, be it noted. because the fear
is cherished that the appointment OF
a diplomat Of stereOtyped n limited
! experience denotes a return to the con-
ditions under which German foreign
| secretaries were mere clerks to more
exalted superiors.
Herr Won .Jagow is the diametrical
antithesis in physique and tempera-
ment Of his blunt and aggressive pred
ecessor. Kiderlen was big and gritty;
Jagow is slight and attenuated.
Won Jagow has been in the diplomat
ic service seventeen years, but only the
ambassadorship at Rome. which he oc-
cupied for four years, gives 4 line on
his capacities.
Won Jagow's mission was to act the
part of mediator between the allies,
n Of whom owned, the other coveted.
Trieste. The triple alliance was eXpir-
ing in two or three years, and Austro-
Italian differences needed to be smooth
ed over, If not composed, If the pact We're
to be worth rewriting, which Won Jagow
worked hard to do, with only tempo
rary success. as the world now knows.
Won Buelow Again on Job.
Another figure who is again playing
an important part in German affairs
is Prince Bernhard O Buelow, fourth
chancellor of the empire. He relin-
pushed Office on July IA. 1909, but
the actual date Of his political demise
was Nov. II. 1908. 1t was IN that day
that he undertook his fateful journey
to POtsdam in the midst OF the 'kaiser
crisis provoked by the Daily Tele-
graph interview, to eXtOrt from his i'm
perial master a pledge Of greater re-
| serve in the discussion and conduct Of
the nations affairs. The Imperial Ga
zette proclaimed that the kaiser had
assured the man with the muZZle Of
his "%continued confidence" but Ruelow
actually lay In eXtremis from the mo-
ment he quit his chastened sovereign's
presence.
Throughout his long career the god
dess Of fortune lavished her capriciOus
smiles on Huelow 50 faithfully that he
came to be known as Bernhard the
Lucky.
There is none OF the narrow minded
ness Of the typical German politician
in his makeup. At the Wilhelm strasse
he was at ease alike with ambassadors
OF great powers and wirepullers of
domestic parties. He Is what Lord
Morley, speaking of Disraeli, called a
master Of the tedious art Of managing
men. Serenity itself. nothing ever ruff
fled him, He turned the most violent
attacks in the reichstag from a Babel
Or an Erzberger into victory by a
! shrewd retort or timely witticism.
Many others are also gathered about
the kaiser's throne and furnish the
emperor with the moral and mental
assistance which all monarchs must
rely on IN crises. At least one Of these
should not be passed by unmcntioncd.
His serene iighness Prince MaXimiiian
Egon IN FnerStenberg, a G~erman-Aus-
trian grand Seigncur and multimilliOn-
alre, Is Il power behind the German
throne. no man rivals his influence
III exalted quarters. Few have ever cn
Joyed the confidence of William II. to
or ancient noble lineage. Prince Fuer-
stenbcrg Is the one subject whom the
kaiser treats as an equal, and his coun-
sci mas been known to prevail over that
| OF chancellors and ministers Of state.