The Washington herald., 1918-07-12
VON HINTZE'S
Z SELECTION Is
JUNKER ERROR

yet been officially confirmed. however.
There is strong likelihood Of an elev-
euth-hour reconsideration. in view of
the Socialists. The latter are sup
ported. in their opposition to this out
s,d-out swash buckler. by the rem
nsnts OF the once all-powerful major
ity bloc in the Reichstag.
Already there are signs that the
shrewder elements Of the military
Clique dominating affairs in the en-
pire realize the error Of calling to
the wiIhelmstrasse a man whose very
name il a slap IN the face Of every
semblance Of a striving toward a
peace by understanding. and Is bound
taalienate influences which have been
OF great help to the militarists in pre-
serving home 'front.' unity during
the many internal crises.
Those wiser In the high councils Of
JVpkerdom begin to realize 1t would
have been far better-and Is not yet
to late-to select a man who. while
sure to be q tool In their hands. Is
Wi eamounaged as one who will do
tn best he can" for peace.
HIntze q Blunder.
D hitting upon Won Hintzs, the
nslitarists made one Of their typical
" "dapstick blunders" for all the world
knows that the admiral-the French
press calls him highly placed
"tsugn''-Is a dyed-in-the-wood advo-
cate of brute force, and would not
raise his little finger for peace until
what remains Of the empires man
hood had been bled white, and that
IL 8 dangerous to have such a man in
the foreign ONCE during the coming
fad and winter. when a starving,
frsezing, barefooted populace Is sure
TO cry louder than ever for a COM
pr1mise.
Tor these reasons, a section of the
mfitarists Is now believed to be cast
inn its eyes about for a man who
codceals q heart Of steeP' under a
suxye and gentle policy; a man who
knows how to flirt with peace and
pe&ce offensives, and who yet does
noe commit the unpardonable sin of
crying out into the world that the
peace can not be won by purely
military decisions" alone.
Perhaps Won Bernstorn.
mere Is such a man in the offing,
buk the military chiefs are not abso-
lutsly sure Of him He is Count Won
BeRnstorff. now ambassador to Tur-
KEY. The revelations of the counts
7ldfs In the United States-which he
eaEried oi. as Is knows while he was
posing as an ardent advo>Ste of peace
have conciliated his former oppo-
nents to a certain degree; but they
have not quite forgotten that Bern
storff did repeatedly try to win the
Enperor's ear for pleas of peace, yet
.or that line Of conduct the former
Ambassador to the United States, II
he- covets Kuehlmann's place, would
ave the now irrefutable excuse, II
old you so and was right'-meaning
thst his advice against war with
America has proved sound.
IL Won Hintze does not. after all,
axe the foreign office, 1t is highly
Hobably he will go to Moscow. where
ne ezwould be the ideal strong arm
nan" to step into the murdered Mir
,aeh's shoes. Again the farther-seeing
uilitarists are against such a choice.
'ecause they see in it the sharpest
,royocation Of trouble with Russia
nd they want no trouble with Russia
'ov, with America making herself
more and more strongly felt in the
Vest.
Kuelhmann Not Through.
Those who know Kuehlmann and
is talents do not believe his dip
omatic career Is definitely ended.
a the event Bernstorff Is called to
ierlin Kuehlmann would be the
ogical man for the post at Con-
tantinople. It was he who more
han any other paved the way for
he -Tureo-German alliance and he
njeys q greater degree of trust
nd prestige among the Ottoman
co9le than all other German dip
1matists. Kuehlmann's father was
leading figure in the construction
the Bagdad Railway and later
eted with great success as the
.aiser's special agent in swinging
le Young Turks under German in
uence.
The latest news from Berlin in
lcates Count Won Hertling IL safe
4 the chancellorship. confirming
hat was said in these dispatches
esterday. The principal reason
ppears to be that there is no one
take his place and IL Is too early
,r Ludendorff to throw off his
AK.