Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-07-11
Won HINTzE NAMED
TO CABINET POST
Becomes Secretary of State for
Foteign Affairs, Succeeding
Won kuehlmann.
WAS MINISTER TO MEXICO
ochemcd to Involve America in
War With Southern Ncighbor
to Divert Attention.
WAS MINISTER TO MEXICO


fi"'Ze. German ambassador To Norw,,
mas hecn appointed Secretary of Stare
'or fofclSn Affairs. it was officially
announced in Berlin late TO-DAY. ac
CORNING 20 Il dispatch via Amsterdam
:, storm broke in tho Hcichstac Whom
Nicc-'hancc!lor Won I'avcr to,v,ro
noon to-day. definitely announced tho
hdi""i acceptance OF Won kuchI
mann resignation. The Socialists and
RADICALS promptly seized upon this dr.
'ciopfncnt Tor demonstration ard tcs,
.! ihclr power. Their spokesman de-
ciared they would withhold their vote,
on Inc budget until tho name of Won
Nu"hiWann's successor was announcoo
and his policy clearly ou,iincd Moro.
over. they threatened to do All ,hev
could TO defeat the new war loan un.
promptly fM,hcoming. ~ was
This attitude of the Socialists proved
disaErecablc surprise to the conyerv
atives. who were indulging III nrc
mature jubilatine over their victory.
with kuehlmann out at last, and .Ad-
miral Won Hintzc reported speeding Il
Berlin from kri.tiania. the military
1urta believed 1t had things fairly bot
tied up The Socialists attitude is
liable TO spoil their program
The RcichstaE session broke up IN
4 furry at : o'clock. after the wa--loa,,
bills had been hastily referred back to
committee to save it from defeat
KUEHLMANN QUESTION
DEVELOPS INTO CRISIS
In the meantime, signs began to
show themselves indicating that the
kvchlmann question had outerown jts
oriEn;t! onc-man scope ard was swift
ly developing into crisis Already
tho imperial Chancellor. Count Won
Hertlins. seemed to have been drawn
into 1t. DISPATCHES from Berlin hint
ed at his possible resignation. Others
said :atly II w2s inconccivablc that
Hertling could hold himself now that
kuehlnann was out. The hamburger
Nachrichtcn. usually we'll informe1..
said Prince Won Buclow was hurryinG
to Be,lin from his country home in
Switzerland. and that nc was willing
to resume active service Should the
Kaiser summon him"
There has not been political crisis
in Germany since the war broke out
which the former Chancellor has not
been mentioned rs potentially the most
important parsonage Yet. though Of.
ten he Was secluded for hours in
weighty conferences with the K:;ise,,
and though, no doubt, his advice was
frequently decisive. he himself inyari-
ably retired to the peaceful background
in the Swiss mountains. Among close
observers. the belief has long prevail
cd that Buclow is being saved" for
the peace conference.
IT HertlinE Goes-and at this stage
of the crisis there seems little likcli-
hood OF that, since he has proved an
exceedingly pliab!c tool in the mill
tarists' hands-another fcuretead
Chance llor is sure TO take his place
If the crisis becomes really threaten
ing 10 the home front. which Is
equally unlikely before winter, with
its inevitable misery. sets in. observers
here look for Ludcndorft 10 make tho
great coup dtat--to seize the govern
mental reins and become in name and
form what he has been fer some time
under ;he camoufage of puaricrmas-
ter r-general: namely. the military die
tator ot the empire.
One late dispatch to-day via Bern
had 1t that Chancellor Won Hertlins
had reached full understanding with
Won Hintzc. who, it was added, would
"unrescrvcdly pursue n foreign policy
prepared by the Chancellor"
This intelligence was credited to the
highly conservative financial organ,
the Frankfurtcr ZeitunE.
PROOF OF MILTTAEISTS'
DESIRE FOR wAR or CONQUEST
II any further proof had been re-
quircd that the miiitarists are in full
control, and that they do not look for
an early peace, but are desirous, on
the contrary. that the war be drawn
out SO their bold plans OF conquest
have a chance of naturalization, then
this ,oroof would have been offered by
the very identity of the nan who has
been chosen as kuchlmGnns success
sor. Admiral iIintze's record has been
such as 10 inspire pronounced distrust
rather than that Certain degree OF
trust and fairness" which Kuehlmann
in his involuntary swan-sonG i'll tho
recently. said was one OF
the primary conditions for rap.
Of the nations.
In the art of willy intrigue. Hintze
is regarded secondly only to tho crafty
Won Eernstorff The two. incidentally
worked hand in hand when Bernstorfr
was amDssSStluOr III hhu
Hintze minister to Mexico.
Won Hintzes forte IL the gentle art
Of stirring up tevoltS. He was In the
thick OF some of the greatest upris-
ings Of the last two. 6ecades--in Rus
sia. in 1905, later In China and also In
Mexico. His tactics and aims dife:
from Bcrnstorff's. for while
the latter is known to spurn the idea
of diplomatic intrigue being capable
of causing whole nations to rise.
maxim may be summed up
thus:
GIVE me the right ner and unlimit-
cd funds. and I'll shake revolution
out of my sleeve In no time"
GERM NEEDS
ONLYlIlULTUt ro DEVELOP TT
His principal theory 's chat the germ
Of rebellion slumbers IN every land
and that all that Is neeGcd Is proper
culture twith "It") TO awaken It.
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