South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-05-05
PRINCE BEULOW
KEEPS DIPLOMATS
IN ROME GUESSING
Pupil of Iron Chancellor Out
wits All Other Foreign AM
baSSadorS at Every Turn in
italian Negotiations.
BY Camille Canfarro.

ROME email TO New York;, May 8.
IF what is being guardedly whisper
cd In diplomatic circles Of the Italian
capital IS only partly true, and the
events OF the last few weeks all point
70 the fact that they are, the day the
retrospective history of the present
war will be written. the public Of the
two continents viii be amazed at the
revelations connected with the diplO-
matte work OF the European ambas-
sailors at Rome In fact il is said
that never since the days OF the Bcr-
gias and Macchiavelh has so much
plotting and counter plotting. in
triguing and double-intriguing gone
on here as now.
Naturally. the intriguing and plot
ting are laid straight at the doors of
the embassies of the belHgerent ma
lions. whose incumbents are the only
ones directly interested in the doings
OF the Italian government beside being
MORALLY anxious 10 find out what
their colleagues of rival nations are
doing or planning in order To fOrestall
their plans or meet them on the same
ground on equal terms. How long this
state of things Will continue no one
Is now prepared 10 tell The sphinx
like attitude Of the Italian govern
ment the secrecy surrounding every
measure taken by the military author
-AAE1s AAlf utter AiiliiO1-lUlliAN VI dSItl-
tanning which Of the hints dropped
really point TO some definite fact, and
which are allowed TO leak out in or
der to mislead those interested in dis
covering the truth. all this, and more.
have brought about situation which
is already telling on the nerves of
many a diplomatist and is driving
others 20 distraction
BucIow Master Diplomat.
The chief. If not the only one. re-
sponsible for this state OF things. pO-
ltical circles say. is Prince Buelow.
the man whose mission mere the press
of London. Paris and Petrograd unan-
imOusly doomed 20 certain failure as
soon as the report spread that ne was
'Coming 10 keep Italy out OF the con-
fiict. While time only Will say whether
the prince has succeeded or Will sue
Ceed in the extremely delicate task en-
trusted 20 him. one thing Is now Ger
1ain. that he has succeeded in setting
his rivals guessing and worrying be-
SOnd all bounds of human endurance.
IL was in order 10 discover the exact
line of his negotiations and the nature
OF his offers 10 Italy that most of the
plotting and intriguing have been
hone. While the aged diplomat went
about his work in an Indifferent, leis-
urely way. smiling and apparently
showing the utmost unCOncern about
the dOinCs of his colleagues, the lat
ter spent sleepless nights in order to
discover what was going on behind
The thick walls of the Villa Of Roses.
which is. both the princes office and
residence But If what is told is true,
every effort made i'm this connection
was "a pitiful failure as the announce
ment on March that the prince had
opened negotiations for a new treaty
If alliance between Germany Italy
and Austria. caused the greatest COM
motion among the entente ambassa-
Hors. who. barring poison and dagger,
had resOrted to every other available
means 20 ascertain just when the
prince would be ready TO open these
negotiations with the italian govern
ment and anticipate him even 10y an
hour
Just now Rome believes that the
prince has showed himself TO be by
Tar the best and shrewdeSt diplomat
and a worthy pupil of the Iron Chan
cellor under whose auspices he enter
I'd his diplomatic career Relying eX-
rlusively ON his ability and playing
wisely at the proper time the cards he
had been furnished with by Berlin
and Vienna. Prince Buelow paid no
attention whatever. or felgned 10 pay
none. 10 the scheming and plating
that went on even in his own resi-
hence II Is said. for instance, that the
prince never saw the men who watch
ID day and night the entrance to his
residence I'm order 10 discover the
Identity Of those who visited him, or
the automobile that Swallowed his
large Mercedes every time he let for
ride or one OF his mysterious or
purely social calls
Tourists Leave Suddenly.
At one time 10 was also reported
that two English tourists made them
selves openly obnoxious by being
little too inQuiSiuve about the dOings
md habits of Baron NacChio. the Aus
trian am ba ssadOr. who is staying at
he hotel Excelsior and that the ap-
pearance az the hotel of a stalwart
italian well known i'm local police
circles had the startling effect of
inducing the two tourists TO move to
he Eden. whose southerly rooms over
'ook Villa OF the Roses. Right after
that the italian himself showed
marked preference for the table Of the
eden and the two English gentlemen
5isappeared never To return
Women have played no Negligible
rart i'm the diplomatic game. which is
FAR from, being over. Princess Bue-
low. a. is said. discovered this winter