Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-18
KA|SER'S STRONG MAN
TIED TURK TO HUN
Pre- War Ambassador TO Turkey
Dreamed Pan n-Gerrranism;
Emperor. His Religion.

For the work Of pubjueating Turkey
and Transforming its army md its terri
tory into Instruments of Germany, the
E,npcrnr had sent 10 Constantinople an
AmhaSsador who was ideally fitted for the
task
The nero fact that wilhelm had per
sonally selected Baron Won Wangcnhelm
for thus post shows that he had accurately
gauged the human qualities needed for
this great diplomatic enterprise
Wangenhcim had for years hccn the
| kaiscrs personal intimate and conhdant,
he had occasionally spent his vacations
| with his imperial master NJ tortu. and
| here We NAV hc sure. tho two congcnal
| spirits passed many days discussing Ger
man plans in the East
" the time | first mot him Wangen-
hcim was fftv-hve wears old, hc had
given n quarter century to the diplomatic
| service. had been in charge At Constau-
| tinoplc. and Minister tn C,rccce and MeS-
| co his sojouru in the latter country.
having gwen him great knowledge Of The
United States lie had complete
technical equipment for diplomat he
spoke German. English and French with
| equal facility he knew the Fast thoroughly
| and had tho widest acquaintance with
public mon
Physically he Was ono Of tho most
striking persons have ever known
When was boy IN GERMANY. the Father
and was usually s,1nholiged as heautl-
ful and powerful woman kind ot
dagsling Nallvrie. when think ~ modern
Germany. however the massive. hurly
figure of Wangcnhcim naturally presents
itself 80 nv mind lie stood six feet two
inches, tall hrs huge solid frame his
Gihratsrlike shoulders. erect and I'M
prrgnable. his bold defiant head. his
piercing ewes. the whole physical structure
constantly pulsating with life and ac-
tlvity there stands say, not the
Germany which J had known. but the
GERMANY whose linitless ambitions had
transformed the world into a place 81
horror
And WangeuheiIn 8 every act and every
word tVpitied thus new and dreadful por~
tent among the nations Pan ierTnany
filled all has waking hours and directed
his every action The deihcatIon Of his
emperor WAS the only religious instinct
which inpelled hm That arlst oCratiC
and aHtocrstsc orRanis isatsou Of German
society which rppreSants the prusslan
sys=tarn WAS, IN Wansenheam eyes
something 10 to vunerated and wurshipEed
with this as the ground work Germany
was inevitably destined, he believed, to
rule the world The great landowniug
Iunker rprrernted the perfection Of man
Kind Il would dcspise myselt hts
closest associate once told He, and this
TslTt,Sented W aHggTsileiTas attitude
well ~ | hsd hes'n born TN city
WangenheIm divided mankind INTO two
classes. the governing and the governed
aud he ridlc,sted the idea hat the upper
could ever be UCrHted from the lower
| recall with what uncbon and en-
thusiasn he used te describe the en-
peFor caste organization oi German
est atcs. how he had made thcm non
transferable. and had evun arranged
II - that the poSspssoTs or the prospective
pOssessors. could not marry without the
imperial consent In this WAY
W Wangenheim would say we keop our
governing classes pune. unmIxcd ot
blood Like sl Of hIs social order
Naugcnheim WorShlp{Sd the PrIssIan
military system, his splendid bearing
showed that he had himself served in the
army and IN true German fashion he
regarded practically every situation in
life frosl a military standpoint ! had
one curious illustration Of this when
asked WangenhPlm one day why the
kalsPr 0ld nOi VISIT the nted states.
lie would like to immensely he re-
plled. Tut II Nould be too dangerous
Var might break out when he was com
ing home and the enemy would capture
him
suggested that that could hardly
happen as the American government
woul d escort ITS guest home with warships
and that no nation would cart to run the
risk OF IDVo}yIUC the | uItad States as
Germanys ally: but he still thought that
the military danger would make anv
such visit Impossible Henry Morpn-
thau formerly t. : Ambassador to
Turkey, in World Work