The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-08-07

New York Aug s.--The appointment
81 pr Richard Won kuelhmann. am
basxador AT Constantinople. TO the post
- German secretary ~ foreign af
fairs to succeed Dr. Alfred thinner
/ mann Is another move Of the kaiser
that can he interpreted as being In
ps~- .ssEer. t~.+s az .s.arsa... k.neahrr%nnss
~ know from, personal conversations
with him. Is an Enti-anncSatonist ard
was strongly opposed 70 the ruthless
submarine policy He is Of the bus
ines man type ~ diploma. In sp-
/ pearance and manner; strong wiiled
p-4 very firm. hu, progressive and In
| citnea to be racifstic In HIS political
| views He leans westward" that IL
r. belongs to that group Of German
| statesmen and parliamentay'an who
believe that German progress poiiti-
cauv and economically is best served
and furthered by going with the EreRt
western powers. namely. France. Eng
land and America This group often
has heen CHARGED in Germany with be-
/ ing pro English" In many respects
Kue,hmann's views and attitude have
been the direct opposite Of those OF
/ Zimmerman. who leaned Eastward
and who was working especially for
a German Russian japanese under
standing.
Clever Negottntor.
The new foreign secretary is re-
1 rarded as very clever neEotat~
Nv Impressions of the various con-
ver.ations have had with him. always
were that he was for reconciliation
| with England. AS far back as early In
1915 he told men In The Hague that
the war was a terrible hlunder ana
r,is.ske for all sides" and that II
E<tr "a N a
ue was much worried at the time
about the American situation created
nv the submarine crisis and expressed
thr belief that II would be grave
snt,take to bring these United States
into the war II It could be avoided.
II last saw him and talked with him
last November In Sofia, when he was
Il an his way to take his new post In
ronstantinople. Just before left Ber'
lin 7 had luncheon with his brother.
who told me that the ambassador was
much perturbed over the entrance OF
| America into the war
Kuelhmann Is under ffty, and looks
,uch ike an American business man
His snpearance gives the Impression OF
..o,idity." He Is rather quiet and de-
,therate. but forcible. His wife was
baroness Won Stumm. family which
/ mas twenty-one members in the Ger
man diplomatic service and with the
4 von wedel family. hold the record in
u th-. respect in Germany.
Il. The new foreign secretary Is we'll
known in England, He was first sec
! rotary or counsellor of the German
embassy In London, under Prince
rJchnowskv In 1915. when the situa-
t,on In Holland became very acute
for Germany, Kuelhmann was sent to
The Hague as minister Last October
he was advanced TO ambassador am
sent to Constantinople to restore more
cordial relations with the TURKS ar
Ter the death of Wangenheim. The
donstsntinople post has been par
ticularly difficult one and 1t was his
success there. made easter for him
than for others because OF years OF
residence there before and thorough
knowledge of the psychology OF
Turks which no doubt recommended
him to the kaiser TO succeed thinner
II mann
In Kuelhmann the German foreign
ofYice has now a man who has been
Aooked upon as one OF Germany's best
and most clever negotiators. AS DR.
Michaelis, the new chancellor, whom
Nalso / first met in Sonia. has little
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